Are you disillusioned with voting? - To vote? Or not vote?

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Personally, I will not vote for any federal candidates this upcoming midterm election or the future. The system is rigged and neutralizes anyone who has the serious potential to change it (not a support of his, but look at Bernie for example.)

That being said, is there any meaning to voting? And if not, then what political actions are more meaningful? FEDS CAN FUCK OFF.
 
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I've only voted once in my life just to see the process that went into it, and it was for John Kerry (Carey?) Of all people, someone i knew only as the guy that wasn't George Bush who was the medias punching bag at the time. I feel that politicians are too vague in their positions and there's no way to hold them to their words so whats the point? I just want to have my kicks before the whole shit house comes tumbling down and we all get what we deserve.
 
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I have come to accept that democracy is the actual problem.

Most people are stupid, and if most people want something in a democratic system, they get it. No matter how stupid or shortsighted it is.

We would never give a class full of 8 year olds an equal vote on what to do with their day because they would just want to eat ice cream, watch YouTube and play Roblox. We wouldn't do that because we know kids are fucking stupid. But now we have to pretend everyone over 18 isn't stupid?

Also, if you strongly support the concept of private property, know that it's ultimately incompatible with democracy. Nothing stops the masses from voting away your rights to said property, through increased taxes, regulations or outright confiscation "for the greater good".
 
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Not particuarly. Few of the candidates in a western election want to change the system much because the population likes the system as it is. Change can be for the better, but it can also be for the worse.

There have been attempts, like in the UK to go for change such as with the rise of Corbyn but it became apparent come election time people don't want radical change. They like the status quo and the sorts of leader put forward are a similar bland vein of rhetoric with slight variations on contentious topics without veering heavily on core non questioned dogmas.

Trump in his own way did a lot to ensure an immediate veer towards the old and familiar order in Biden. Though he does have his die hard supporters, the masses tend to like stability and sameness.
 
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Not particuarly. Few of the candidates in a western election want to change the system much because the population likes the system as it is. Change can be for the better, but it can also be for the worse.

There have been attempts, like in the UK to go for change such as with the rise of Corbyn but it became apparent come election time people don't want radical change. They like the status quo and the sorts of leader put forward are a similar bland vein of rhetoric with slight variations on contentious topics without veering heavily on core non questioned dogmas.

Trump in his own way did a lot to ensure an immediate veer towards the old and familiar order in Biden. Though he does have his die hard supporters, the masses tend to like stability and sameness.
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Of course you're not disillusioned, you decrepid, old hack, you're the bloody queen!
 
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i mean to be disillusioned i would have had to believe in it in the first place. by the time i was of voting age i had seen enough to know not to waste my time with voting.
 
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If by disillusioned you mean over the illusion, yeah. In the US, and probably everywhere, voting is one of the biggest scams the world's ever bought into. Democratic votes haven't mean anything for governments in centuries, and here especially it's nothing more than a carnival game. At the lowest local levels it's probably a little more legit, though money and influence still run things. At the national level, the politicians who "win" were predetermined long before you were even old enough to vote for them, and it's been that way since at least the early 1900s.
 
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Choosing the lesser of two shits to puppet-reign the nation? Probably not again.

Voting for Mayor, Judge, Sherriff, Governor, and School Board seems cool though.
 
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I don't even believe in democracy or consider it a legitimate form of governance, so I don't concern myself with it. Voting cannot really be used to push for political opinions outside a certain acceptable range in practice
 
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I'm not particularly happy with a lot of things, but I'm still voting.
Freshly Baked Socks said:
Choosing the lesser of two shits to puppet-reign the nation? Probably not again.

Voting for Mayor, Judge, Sherriff, Governor, and School Board seems cool though.
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I 100% agree with that second line of text (in fact it's very important and undervalued), but what is wrong with voting for the less of two shits (especially if there is a wide gap in terms of shittiness between the two shits)? The system isn't perfect, but I don't see how not voting is going to improve anything.
 
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If I don't like either of the (((establishment))) candidates, I put that vote on third party just out of spite
 
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I don't see how not voting is going to improve anything.
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I believe I have seen too many people driven to mania or depression through behaving over-involved and invested with politics, and these are just people on the sideline cheering, or fantasizing a future. Purposefully "meh"ing my own vote leaves me with no grounds to be invested in the crazy of either flavor, and conserves energy for self-improvement, production or growth regardless of which way the wind blows.
 
yeah register to vote so I can dox you.

voting does nothing for the individual
both candidates hate you
youre just a tax slave

There is no point to voting anymore.
 
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