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Tell them: Your vote doesn't matter in exactly the same sense that nothing you do matters. You could die right now and the world would go on. Yet your actions
by dmm 13y ago
Tell them:
Your vote doesn't matter in exactly the same sense that nothing you do matters. You could die right now and the world would go on. Yet your actions do matter. If people in our society just went around punching strangers, that would suck. The fact that you don't go around punching strangers is a small and important part of that.
- baddox 13y ago> Your vote doesn't matter in exactly the same sense that nothing you do matters. Except that the things you do tend to matter a lot in your own life and the lives of your friends, family, coworkers, etc., and since virtually everything you experience is related to these people and interactions between them, it's very rational to spend time deciding what to do. That said, it's perfectly rational to vote if you derive direct utility from the act of voting.
- gclaramunt 13y agoif you decide to distance yourself from the government election process, you can't complain later about it
- baddox 13y agoThat's not at all true. I decide to distance myself from it, and I complain about it.
- gclaramunt 13y agoBut then you're just an outside observer and not a participant. It doesn't carry the same weight.
- stefan_kendall 13y agoI assure you that everyone's political arguments carry the same weight. Voting is not a magical salve to make people give a shit about what you're talking about. Nobody cares what anybody thinks about politics.
- baddox 13y agoThe fact that so many people participate is one of the things I complain about.
- gclaramunt 13y agowhat's your goal with it?