> What our votes really do is provide legitimacy to this system. Are you really hoping that you can convince enough people to abstain that eventually the two m

> What our votes really do is provide legitimacy to this system. Are you really hoping that you can convince enough people to abstain that eventually the two major parties will have an epiphany and feel so ashamed that they'll fix the voting system to allow more competition and better representation? I think you really need to consider who you are up against here, which is people who are prepared to fight dirty for unchecked and undeserved power, who will treat your abstention as being consent for their misrule.