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Who do you vote for? I vote.. But it doesn't seem to do anything. We have an illusion of choice in this country when it comes to anything that matters. Politica
by chill1 13y ago
Who do you vote for? I vote.. But it doesn't seem to do anything. We have an illusion of choice in this country when it comes to anything that matters. Political parties, banks, oil/gas companies, electricity/natural gas/telecom/internet providers; everything that is critical to living a modern life, we have a handful of choices - sometimes just one. Shampoos, tooth paste, tomato sauce, everything else that doesn't really matter; we've got dozens or hundreds of choices.
- baddox 13y agoI do not vote.
- XorNot 13y agoYou're getting exactly as much as you asked for then.
- baddox 13y agoOn the contrary, I am getting a lot of stuff I do not consent to.
- XorNot 13y agoWell you're always free to leave. But you don't. And you keep on not voting, and then wonder why your government doesn't represent you. And you know, eventually on that track, you're no longer free to leave either. But you're indignation shall not brook political engagement! So that's...something.
- shpxnvz 13y ago> And you keep on not voting, and then wonder why your government doesn't represent you. Yet everyone else does vote and then wonders why their government doesn't represent them. What exactly makes that a better choice?
- baddox 13y agoHis implicit assumption is that the act of me voting increases the extent to which government represents me enough to justify the time and effort spent voting (not to mention researching candidates and options). I think that assumption is demonstrably false.
- baddox 13y agoI am not consoled by the fact that I am free to leave my own property.
- logfromblammo 13y agoIf you were offered even one choice that would be acceptable to you, would you vote then?
- baddox 13y agoThat's a bit of a trick question, because I do not find political authority to be desirable. Thus there could not be a choice that would be acceptable to me.
- logfromblammo 13y agoI ever saw the option "Dissolve the government and just leave everyone to their own devices," on a ballot, I'd be pretty paranoid about it being a trap that would put anyone who voted for it on some sort of special list.