Latest / Black Box Theory Podcast / Your Vote Matters More Than You Think — Especially in Swing States
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- Malcolm: your vote does matter. And when you say that. That's like one of the most ignorant things you can say, because that's exactly how we ended up in the situation to begin with. Too many people thought that their vote didn't matter. And guess what? Especially if you live in a swing state. I mean, come on, dog. Like maybe you can say that if you know even still, if you if you live in a you know California or Maryland or you know like a Maine or something like yeah, you it's blue. Okay, cool. I'm still gonna vote. But say them swing states that make all the difference in an election, the Pennsylvania's like th that matters, bro. Every vote does matter. And when you say that your vote doesn't matter. You're you're brainwashing somebody else to also think their vote doesn't matter. It creates a chain reaction and the domino effect to entire groups and cities and and communities that think that their votes don't matter and they do matter. Everyone's vote matters. Every last vote matters, especially when we know how the people that won't be named, when they when it comes to these elections, they don't always play by the rule book, man. So it's like every vote does matter. Like make it impossible for them to rig it. Thomas: If if voting didn't matter, they wouldn't be trying so hard to prevent you from voting. Just Malcolm: And and and and yeah, man, yeah, guy wouldn't be trying to bribe you for five thousand dollars for every American. Thomas: Yeah. Malcolm: If if voting did not matter, I prom bro, the fact that the president of the United States is trying to promise every single American in the country five thousand. We don't even have the money to make that happen. We're we're forty trillion dollars in debt. And he's talking about five thousand dollars to every single American. And if you believe that, I can't say the words I'd like to say on this podcast, 'cause like I say, we we keep things PG 13 over here, but bro. If you were really fought, if you're still like like stuck on that stimulus check we got back in COVID, you are lost. I would there are so many clips on TikTok, on Twitter, on Instagram of all the promised payouts we were supposed to get, like for the last like five years. Please tell me how much money you've gotten from him since. I would love to know. I'm not talking about no unemployment. Please tell me out of all the checks that he promised to give you, all the healthcare he promised to get all the the no awards he promised to give, please tell me all the promises that were made. What has been kept. And if you're s if you still fall for that now for the chance of five thousand dollars, I'm sorry, bro. But like at that point, anything can be bought from you. Your character, your soul, your your morals, your your integrity, your dignity, everything can be bought from you. Like that to that to me, that tells me that like anything about you can be given a price tag. And it's like at some point you have to have some principles, something that you stand for. I'm not saying that you need to be, you know, running for Senate, but bro, like you need to have something to stand for. Like you you you you you stand for nothing, you fall for anything, bro. And it's like if someone can can give you a perfect and I get everyone's has different situations and sometimes some people need that money a lot more than others, but that does not need them that does that does not mean that you need to stoop down that low. Thomas: He's the reason for this situation. He's the reason. All these people talk about gas was higher under Biden. bro, stop it. Stop it. Malcolm: Listen but but but bro, they're st they're they're trolling. They're tro the only reason it was ever that because of Ukraine and but people don't people don't understand that. Like like they'll and people it's it's real people that genuinely believe that this the gas prices being high now are because of Biden. Dog, you did you didn't even have to do anything. That's a whole nother s that war never had to start, bro. You because we Thomas: Started a war for no reason. Malcolm: like I said, that's a whole nother like like can of worms, bro. But like yeah. Please go vote, man. Your vote does matter. Thomas: Hey, and don't don't just vote for anybody. I used to say, I don't care who you vote for, just vote. It matters. Cause I've seen too many videos of of black people out there parading Trump around. It's one thing if you if you conservative Republican, you you parade in Trump and you can't even say why. I seen one lady, she said, I'm not African American. I'm I'm from Kenya. But you live but you an American. So what does that make you? I digress. Malcolm: Yep. Yep. It's crazy. And like midterms are s are are are a are sixteen days out, November third. the recent most recent approval poll, I think the Pew poll was September twentieth to October fourth. Trump's approval rating right now is thirty percent. Thirty percent. The fact that it's even that high is still crazy to me. Democrats up eight on the generic ballot. so yeah. please go vote. Vote does matter. but yeah, Thomas: Mm-hmm. Malcolm: man.