LordsFire
Internet Wizard
Back in 2007-2012 I was heavily involved in campaigning for Ron Paul. My husband and I helped create a university club for his supporters, we got together multiple times a week to wave signs or go door to door, and many of us (me included) became active in our local Republican Party. I was heavily involved in our county GOP as were many of us and even at that local level, our influence was limited very effectively even at the local level. Some of those people I knew in the Ron Paul Club (which later turned into a chapter of Young Americans for Liberty and eventually thoroughly corrupted by “libertarian” leftists) went on to try to make changes in the party on a national level. They could never make significant progress.
Those are my own experiences and the experiences of those who I know personally. Maybe others have better experiences with trying to change the GOP, maybe higher numbers were needed, maybe a post-Trump GOP would be better. I doubt it though. Even Trump with his huge popularity among the party base has been limited in his ability to make real change for the better and I think time will tell as the GOP party bosses are going to reassert themselves now that Trump is out of the picture and take precautions to keep another Trump from threatening their control over the party.
I don’t oppose becoming active in the GOP, maybe it can help or at least be educational about how parties operate, but I wouldn’t count on that to fix our country’s problem any more than I would count on voting to do so.
Trying at least has a chance at success. Giving up either guarantees defeat, or leaves all the responsibility in the hands of others.
I'm an unemployed autistic man in his mid-thirties; I've got no charisma, no experience, and, more importantly, no money or connections. "Flapping my gums" is all I've got. Besides; I'm not a registered Republican, and I never will be.
I was an unemployed autistic homeless man in my 20's. Life is rough. That doesn't mean you have any moral grounds to give up.
Learn to communicate better. It's hard, but it can be done. Make connections. You might have to start at a low level, but it can be done.
Defeatism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
I will once again point out that anybody who is complaining about 'controlled opposition' or the like who, if an American Citizen and registered Republican, isn't currently or planning on becoming a Precinct Committeeman is simply blowing smoke and is 'full of sound and fury, signifying nothing'.
You want things to change? You believe the GOP is useless? Then get in the damn arena and actually do something about it, rather than flap your gums on the internet.
I'm in the process of moving. Once I'm settled in at the new area, I'll ask you for some advice on details.