So...what next?

[mightyafrodite]

I was sure that Republicans would have a big night tonight. Let's face it...I live in a culture that lives for instant gratification while preaching government fiscal responsibility, and protects the wealthy at their own expense in a misguided belief that they will either join the wealthy or benefit from maintaining the status quo. It's a cynical

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[dionysus1999]

I suspect one of the reasons my family changed the pronounciation of our last name is it sounded less German.

And I voted too! ;)

[mightyafrodite]

I suspect one of the reasons my family changed the pronunciation of our last name is it sounded less German.

You and the House of Windsor. ;)

[sexyscholar]

[mightyafrodite]

Nope...Don't hate you at all. LOL! It's one reason why I mentioned being physically barred from the whole shindig. I wondered, actually, how many people either couldn't get to their polling station or, because of work, could not do so. In your case, I wonder if you could apply for an absentee ballot. My mother has done so for medical reasons, but I believe you can simply apply for one in lieu of physically going to your designated location. It's something to think about, anyway.

[dadandgirl]

Next time, call me! You and the whole family can borrow my car.

[nsingman]

I do not vote, and do not issue cries of woe. However, you are sorely mistaken if you believe that voting is the only way to be politically active or participate in one's "pet cause." I do not vote because I despise democracy every bit as much as I hate monarchy and oligarchy. If you're going to try to bend me to your will, or have your "elected representatives" do it, I honestly don't care if there is only one of you, or ten, or a billion. The result is the same: I am being coerced.

To paraphrase a famous dead president, as I would not be coerced so I will not coerce others. Thus, I will not participate in this ultimate sacrament of the civic religion.

As for all of those who do vote, it is their cries of woe which should not be respected. By participating, they have agreed to abide by majority rule, and have little grounds for complaint when their gang loses out temporarily to the other gang.

I revile the entire system, root and branch. And though I voted when I was younger, I now proudly eschew the practice, and I feel much

[lafemmedesfemme]

spoken like a true anarchist™ who is boldly taking advantage of the fruits of the democratic process, while proudly eschewing the responsibility of it. to each his own.

[dadandgirl]

And by not participating, they are refusing to take the simplest measure available to exert some control over their own circumstance. You revile the entire system and claim to not participate, yet you continue to live under it. There is no honor or righteousness in that. The system does not care if you don't participate - refusing to vote will not exempt you from the consequences of that vote.

If you are that deeply committed to change, I agree that voting alone is insufficient. But why throw away a tool unless you have something better to use in its stead?

[nsingman]

I said I do not vote. I did not say that I do not participate (I do). That is why I so strenuously asserted that voting is not the only way to participate politically.