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Also some people don't vote

• k-mcgrady 12y ago
  That doesn't mean you don't have political opinions.
  • VLM 12y ago
    It might help to provide links of explanation. Rozeff has my favorite overall explanation http://archive.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff224.html http://archive.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff224.html The next is typical zerohedge, ZH is more or less the 4chan of finance and politics so you get 10 kilolines of idiocy mixed with a couple excellent lines that make it all worth it, like "Your role, by voting, is to legitimise this corruption." (and edited to add "Democracy has become a religion and anyone who criticises it is labelled a heretic.") http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-02/guest-post-why-i-dont-vote http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-02/guest-post-why-i-do... A minority opinion by a self described "educated, politically conscious Black woman" (edited to quote "My ancestors who died attempting to register to vote, didn't die because they wanted to vote, they died because they wanted our community to have the power and self-determination to live a quality life." and my commentary is if the latter has been intentionally systemically removed as a national policy for members of my community, then the former is obviously meaningless) http://www.stanford.edu/~arnetha/expowrite/activities/voteno.html http://www.stanford.edu/~arnetha/expowrite/activities/voteno... Democracy is an effective PR campaign for an oligarchy to control the citizenry. A non-religious opiate of the masses. It makes money for the right people, and fools the fools into thinking their opinion matters or will even be considered.