I know there are many who refuse to vote because they don't want to be seen as participating in the tyrannical system. I fully empathize with this and agree, in principle.
I would love to live sufficient thousands of years to see humanity evolve into proper anarchists, where men respected one another, etc. That, I am sad to say, is unlikely.
That means we are left with what we have - a wholly screwed up "system". Given this, is holding to one's principles as he sits idly by watching the rest make all the decisions for him a wise course to take? I say no. While I fully endorse work toward better circumstances, the here-and-now reality that has been foisted upon us is equally important.
Some say that voting makes no difference at the individual level. While that can be argued as so, it can also be argued as nonsense. Place enough grains of sand in the bags and the camel's back breaks. This is observable reality.
Some further say that there is nothing "good" for which to vote. That may also be true, or not, depending on how one chooses to look at it. Regardless, even if all we have to vote for is a lesser evil, I say vote for it, lest the greater evil be foisted upon us. Does this not make some basic sense? I say it does.
So I am going to ask everyone here to say "$#@! it" and go out and vote this November. If you love me, and you should because I am so damned impossibly lovable, then please do as I ask. I would suggest you vote Republican down the line. Why? Because as evil as some of those bastards are, they are several quanta less so than their Democrat counterparts. If we cannot vote in the good, we can at least deny the more evil access to the power that would be used to put the gronk on us with ever greater pinch.
I'm dead serious about this. You really have nothing to lose. Go vote, preferably R, and keep those commie bastards out of power.
The Rs are nothing to write home about, but at least they listen every once in a while, which is that much more than you will ever get from the left.
Please?
Thanks.
ETA: It now appears the Democrats may win the House. I would strongly suggest you all do your best to convince friends to get the hell out and do what is needed to stop this. We are no longer in a philosophical exercise. This is real-deal political warfare and you will choose one way or another - proactively or through the default of inaction.
As Dr. Paul is oft quoted, let it not be said we did nothing.
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