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It's not the American people's DUTY to vote.
9 years ago
I see this everywhere. Ads going "Get out there and vote!", swarming the masses towards the polling stations and acting like you're the worst piece of shit ever if you don't vote.
Do you know who actually gets swayed by these messages? Idiots. Idiots who don't make informed decisions when they vote. Sheeple who vote for the fuck of voting without actually knowing the policies of who they're voting for. Tribalists who vote for an individual strictly because of their political affiliation without regard for their actual policies. Are those kinds of people REALLY who you want to decide our president for the next four years? Somebody who's only voting because they want to fit in with the crowd? Who don't know what the fuck they're actually voting for?
It's not an American's duty to vote. It is an American's DUTY to make an INFORMED DECISION to choose the individual that they believe will be the legitimately best leader for our country for the next four years.
Fuck that "everyone should vote" shit. All it does is promote herd mentality and idiocy, and it's a part of why our country is so fucked up right now.
*micdrop, leave soapbox*
Do you know who actually gets swayed by these messages? Idiots. Idiots who don't make informed decisions when they vote. Sheeple who vote for the fuck of voting without actually knowing the policies of who they're voting for. Tribalists who vote for an individual strictly because of their political affiliation without regard for their actual policies. Are those kinds of people REALLY who you want to decide our president for the next four years? Somebody who's only voting because they want to fit in with the crowd? Who don't know what the fuck they're actually voting for?
It's not an American's duty to vote. It is an American's DUTY to make an INFORMED DECISION to choose the individual that they believe will be the legitimately best leader for our country for the next four years.
Fuck that "everyone should vote" shit. All it does is promote herd mentality and idiocy, and it's a part of why our country is so fucked up right now.
*micdrop, leave soapbox*
So because of how democracy works when driving the vehicle of democracy, if I can convince all of the ignorant cows surrounding me to vote for my candidate, it still works just as much in my favor as if the same number of people had made a well-informed, logically thought-out decision that agreed with my own.
I'm... fully aware that everything I've just said is the philosophy of a demagogue. But here I find myself... wishing the race was Sanders vs. Rubio. Maybe in 2020, I won't care, but right now, if only for this particular year, I'll take what I can get.