too many people think their votes dont matter

They're correct

We don't live in this world because of elections, we live in this world because Northern leadership refused to execute the Southern leadership and officers and put the soldiers on some kind of list (they were good friends)

My mom STILL insists that the war wasn't about slavery, and so thinks the South should've won and isn't offended by the Confederate flag.

But she's "not a racist, I like all those black people more than this white person".

Living the American Dream

To be fair, it really doesn't seem like people's votes matter. That's why there is currently a corrupt criminal in office.