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The problem with not voting
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this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2024
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You can hate all the candidates and still vote for the less shitty one.
You can hate the concept of government in it's entirety and still vote. Even Lysander Spooner, a total anarchist, said as much in his writings. He said government is completely illegitimate, but there's nothing wrong with voting when you are forced into the system, and doing so does not imply your consent to the system. It's like a torturer asking you how you'd prefer to be tortured. It's OK to have an opinion. Over here in the USA, I'd rather suffer Sleepy Genocidal Joe than that fucking orange monster. Since we don't have ranked choice voting, I have to pick one or else I don't get any say at all, and that's exactly how the powers-that-be want it.
Yep. Do you want a festering carbuncle on your ass or do you want AIDS, Ebola, leprosy and testicle cancer combined? Shitty choice but an easy one nonetheless.
If the primaries aren't complete can't you vote for another option?
Maybe you can. I can't.
I cannot because I'm (fortunately) not a US citizen. If you are and you don't vote, it's a vote for Trump. If you want Trump to win because you think things will somehow get better after he brings down the system, you're delusional.
It's not specific to the US. It's a matter of having a tiny bit of political culture. Liberals and fascists needs each other. The first needs the last as a scapegoat and the later feeds off poverty and frustration created by neoliberal corporatism. So no I won't be blackmailed into voting for white-wingers. People voting for fascists are the only responsible for fascism.
A-fucking-men
You can dislike excrement and cyanide and still eat shit.