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People need to dig a hole and put their expectations of government in that hole for them to be low enough. Once they do that they'll be less disillusioned and won't think voting is a waste.
Voting is only a waste in authoritarian countries like China, Russia and North Korea.
Yes, but if you tell folks that they're gonna get a puppy if they vote and they get a sticker with a dog on it they'll be like "Well that was a lie."
Governments move slow, and make stupid decisions all the time. The line between voting for something and getting that thing is convoluted, steep, and fraught with peril. It's not going to happen overnight. Hell, it won't happen in a decade, assuming it even happens at all.
If people knew that it takes over 30 years to maybe get something that the vast majority of people want they won't give up on voting after a couple times, and will do what I do: Vote regularly and expect nothing.