You are not in charge of the country. It doesn't matter what your political opinions are
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Replying to @solipsistfever
not only are you not the king, you are not an advisor to the king, an advisor to an advisor to the king, or probably even an a2a2a2k
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"You're not powerful so your opinions don't matter" sounds a bit wrong, but not because it scans as slightly evil.
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Replying to @preinfarction @solipsistfever
For one, a person's opinion matters to their peers, even if none of them are powerful
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One's opinions might matter to a wider audience if the person has non-institutional power through a claim of desperation
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Like, "I was attacked, won't someone help?".
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And there's a weaker version of this where everyone who could rally support gets some free opinion cred. Human dignity.
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And that's a special case of opinions mattering because there can be changes in which people hold power.
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Also political opinions reflect personality, and sharing personality matters for things like assortative mating & employment
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Ooh, and sometimes opinion sharing even creates noninstitutional power b/c common knowledge of discontent can create mobs.
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