Im feeling fat and sassy!
man.... I have gotta stop discussing politics, relationships and psychology with people when I'm drunkish and tired.... I am a total buzzkill. I'm really not that negative of a person, really... I just occasionally suffer from bouts of malignant narcissism (hah!) when i'm feeling peeved about something, someone, or people in general. It can be
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I 100% agree with you on this subject. I will not partake in a system that is flawed and corrupt. Voting the lesser of two evils still votes an evil into office. Next voting day, you + me + beers...screw the rest of 'em.
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Your excuse reason for not voting presumes that the system is irrelevant and that it makes no difference who wins?... I don't think that's the a safe assumption to make. Yo ueven contradict yourself, kind of: I honestly see politics in 9/10 of the world operating on the principle that power comes from the barrel of a gun. So even if this is true, at the very least, in 1/10 of the world government is humane and relevant. And even if it's "power comes from the barrel of a gun," the decision about where to point that barrel makes a difference in our lives.
I don't think you're a bad person for not wanting to vote, but man up and say it's because you just can't be arsed. It's a lot of work to make an informed decision, and I sometimes think less people should vote rather than more.
If you don't want to have this debate, at least not in your journal, I can respect that. I just felt like I had to say my piece.
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Actually, it might be easier for me to do this through a point by point analysis. Each is an assumption on my part, but they feel very intuitive to me, if not to others.
1) People tend to think of governments and political parties as being abstract entities that represent certain ideals and possess drives toward discrete outcomes that we typically reduce to simple concepts for us to discuss and compare and contrast. The US Government governs and ideally executes policies designed for the best interests of the people on the basis of the will of the people. The political parties ideally consist of groups of representatives that collectively endorse some paradigm of leadership. Voting empowers the population to select the paradigm they feel best represents their interests. Ideally, the government serves as the ultimate authority of a society, and the selection of the appropriate leadership paradigm through voting becomes a very relevant and necessary thing ( ... )
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But in any case, voting is an integral part of participating in public futility. What the hell are we going to drink to in November except crushed hopes of a better tomorrow? What else makes the local swill taste mighty warm but the knowledge that you punched a mismarked card for the children. Did you even THINK of the children?
Did you?
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