• CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 days ago

    Which is so fucking weird! Imo, jury duty is the most direct way you can affect politics. Your voice is loudest and you have the most influence.

    I have never been placed on a jury and the last time I got a summons was back in college.

    • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      The justice system is essentially on rails at this point. Don’t know the actual percentage but very few cases actually reach the trail phase. Even the most ignorant and racist know to some extent that the whole system is rigged in someway. So they choose to be more passive when it comes to anything outside of voting Republican. So whatever morality still floats around in their subconscious turns them into little more than conservative NPCs. “Take party in a jury. Someone else can do that. Why should I care as long as I’m not on trial. The whole thing is rigged anyway. I won’t take part!”