>"This requires the assumption that the distribution of wealth that is being address is not a real problem." My point was that voting is 'not actually doing ve

>"This requires the assumption that the distribution of wealth that is being address is not a real problem." My point was that voting is 'not actually doing very much', as it is easy to do, and unlikely to have any real impact. >"but voting is equally so a method to "demonstrate personal responsibility"." Voting is cheap, easy, and free from repercussions; I struggle to see how it involves any measure of responsibility. >"people have been known to cite drawing attention to an issue and raising awareness to be motivations for voting behavior on issues and candidates), but even where it is not it is often not an isolated behavior, people who based on a preference for a particular policy very often engage in advocacy around the policy, including advocacy based on the premise that it enforces a moral obligation." You may be correct, and I may be too cynical, but I see 'raising awareness' as the last refuge of the ineffective activist.