Please, tell me how not voting would help anything? Even if voting in better candidates, and do you really think Gary would be worse for minorities than Trump, isn't THE solution, it could at the least lead to some small "bandage" improvements in a larger problem. What would happen if all people who probably look up to and listen to Kaep (likely young minorities) the most took his lead and didn't vote? It'd just reduce the already small say that these minorities have in government, no? I don't see how this point is debatable. Look at someone like Ron Paul. Yes, he's an old white politician, but he's repeatedly gone out against both parties and attempted to fight oppression and injustice and protect individual liberties. If you want to be technical, if you base your judgement on a person, even a politician, on them being white, you're making a mistake. There are plenty of black politicians who support policies that would further hurt minorities, and some white ones who support policies that would help them.
I'm not saying he doesn't have a right to be cynical, only that, as I explained above, even if voting isn't THE solution, it can help a bit, and not voting will only make things worse by reducing the already small say in government that young minorities have.
But yeah, I'm clearly "not paying attention." This entire time I've been saying that I understand Kaep's message, and he has good points, and something needs to be done about it. I'm just saying that not voting is not the solution, and will only make matters worse.
Please read this from MLK: