I'm not one for hate, saltiness or fear either way on this. I think as a whole, people have been getting too invested into the political system. Yes it's good to be involved, but goddamn, its like watching a pair of fans fight when one their favorite teams loses the superbowl. I don't like the exclusive political team fanboy hate fight arena that modern politics has turned into.
I've been completely apathetic about politics since I was old enough to vote. I didn't like everyone bullying poor George Dubya for being dumb even though he held us through 9/11 (Stop right there, conspiracy theorists.) and at least brought down a known terrorist haven during his term. Not the greatest, not the worst everywhere else. My dad still had a good job during his admin and I lived my teenage years safe and happily enough outside of the whole War on Terrorism. Gas was a bit of an ass, but what can you do? Hussein and Iraq were oil exporters.
Incidentally, I think all those jokes and memes aimed at Dubya actually hurt the dignity of the Presidential chair by splash damage. Thinking about it, all that time bashing on D-dubs actually is what made Trump getting to the White House possible; we implanted the seed that "even this guy made it, why couldn't anyone make it?" which eventually sprouted into the TrumpTrain.
When I was old enough to vote, I actually got excited about Herman Cain. He should have been the Republican nominee and President in my opinion but it wasn't in the cards so I just dealt with it. This could have been the start of my indifference to politics, someone this hardcore and charismatic getting sidelined for some sexual misconduct allegations for Mitt Romney who was as exciting to me as chicken soup with a slice of toast. Plain white toast.
But, I enlisted and my opinion on Obama being POTUS was still indifferent and moot. I had a good job, and I was happy going out on weekends and getting laid. I was having fun in the Air Force, but unless Obama outlawed premarital sex, I didn't much care. Gas stayed high, then went down. The world turned.
And now Trump's Pres. I honestly think considering the track record of who was in office during my life, nothing much will change again. If he engages in a trade war with China and the rest of the world, that would suck and things would get more expensive but my taxes are already withheld and I'm something of a digital monk with my spending as it is. But, if our import of ramen packets gets seriously disrupted I'll be in a right tizzy, but until then; ehhhh. As for where my tax money goes, now that I'm not in the military, I'm perfectly fine with being a little selfish as to where my taxed income goes since as a democracy we have some say in where it goes. I would prefer it go towards military and security, security being for consumers from corporations or such and from the political process itself tbh. I don't want my shows to get interrupted for commercials as it is, let alone political ads.
Everyone's worried about what might happen when they should worry about the strangehold the businesses have on our pornography imports. I could not function without my imported German hardcore porn.
My point being; put your vote in, keep an eye open for yourself but Jesus and Thor in Heaven, relax a little.