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Because otherwise you leave the decision to those that do. Vote. Spoil your ballot paper if you must (these get counted, at least in the UK) but take part in
by Toenex 12y ago
Because otherwise you leave the decision to those that do.
Vote. Spoil your ballot paper if you must (these get counted, at least in the UK) but take part in the process. Otherwise you are indistinguishable from those that couldn't be bothered or didn't care.
- VLM 12y agoIf we know they don't care what we think, then why would it matter if they knew we didn't care? If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, did it make a sound? If 40% of the population votes, they don't worry about the 40% who are use voting as the opiate of the masses... the problem they see is the 60% who didn't fall for the scam. The arguments in the following essay are compelling. I haven't heard much of an argument against them, historically, other than pure sophistry (that domain sucks, etc) or tradition (you should vote because your ancestors voted) http://archive.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff224.html http://archive.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff224.html
- tomjen3 12y agoIf everybody in the US voted, but only those who normally would vote didn't spoil the ballot the world would notice.
- federico3 12y agoYou are conflating voting with spoiling the paper (or voting NOTA). Interestingly, many countries took measures to prevent people from doing this (e.g. using voting machines).