There are several quotes and sayings about assumption that would for well here but I was unable to find sufficient attribution of happy with them.

So throughout your life time, election after election, you saw people not being represented by their choices in the voting booth and you did nothing?

Let’s see. Some things that I have done:

• Wasted over a decade on the mistaken belief that these on the right were acting in good faith but shaped by ignorance.
• Attempted to build bridges with tankies in hopes of fostering good will and avoiding a repeat of the murder of anarchists, if The Revolution does occur, before concluding that they were also not acting in good faith on account of censorship of dissent, inconvenient historical facts, and unwillingness to stand by LGBTQ+ people oppressed by governments claiming to be communist, as well as their embracing human sacrifice of the must vulnerable through the cult of anti-electoralism/accelerationism.
• Volunteered for local organizations, generally focusing on drop-out prevention, practical skills, and cultivating self-determination for at-risk youth.
• Volunteered with local organizations to support STEAM education and encourage youth interest.
• Participated in every political primary since I’ve been able to vote, attempting to pull the Democratic party to the Left, with next to no support from fellow leftist.
• Coped with previously untreated mental illness and neurodivergence, as well as early and late childhood trauma which has led to maladaptive coping strategies and psychological scars that will likely have me in therapy for the remainder of my life.
• Acted as caretaker/sole income for a family including a spouse with a disabling mental illness.
• Provided what support I could for a trans sibling who did not know they had gender dysphoria until recently, and instead were misdiagnosed with BD, treated with unhelpful meds and therapies. And for whom I’ve been trying to create contingencies for reduce the chance of violent death, something that the likelihood of has skyrocketed, thanks to non-voters/protest voters.
• Coped and tried to assist with several family unrelated clusterfucks.
• Advocated for leftist policies.
• Signed petitions for initiatives that help those less fortunate and privileged than myself, even if it means increasing taxes.
• Spoke with people gathering signatures for regressive petitions to try to dissuade them from continuing.
• Consistently voted for every ballot measure to support education and vulnerable populations.
• Donated to primary campaigns for progressive candidates.
• Donated to general election campaigns for candidates opposing fascists.
• Donated to local environmental, health, and civil rights non-profits.
• Donated to local non-profits supporting alternative education and preservation of practical skills.

Your turn.

What have you done in your lifetime? Any of it guided by real-world data on likelihood of effectiveness in improving the human condition and protecting the most vulnerable? Or is it mainly informed by dogmatic “knowledge” from theory and the writings of authoritarian dictators cosplaying as communists?