I Am A Non-Voter.

Make sure you go out and vote tomorrow! Unless of course you believe that the system itself is fucked and that no true change can come from a broken system. It's easy to say "if you don't vote you can't bitch" but that is really an asinine statement. If you actively an consciously abstain from voting, that in itself is a form of voting. It's a vote for true change. The nature of the politician is dishonesty and self-preservation, both values we need to keep out of power. I used to think the problem lay in the fact that our system has become a two party system, locking out other political ideologies from the system. This is still a big problem, and I think we'd all be better served from a system of multiple political parties, rather than just two moderate parties, but I think the bigger problem is the system itself. If voting is the problem, how can we vote our way out of it? I know, I know, I should just get involved, right? Find a politician that I think can make a change and campaign for them, or run for office myself. Maybe I should join one of two political parties that is closest to what I believe and fight for change within that party.
Well, let me go on record as saying, if you don't vote, you can and are complaining. If you refuse to partake in their system because you don't support their system, you are fighting back. Vote all you want, it's worked great so far, right? We have two parties controlling the system. These parties are different enough on some issues to keep people polarized on either side, scared to vote third party, scared to change the system itself.
I used to vote. I still like voting. I think it's fun to research the candidates and proposals, it's fun to go down and fill in a ballot, and it's fun to hang on the edge of the tv screen awaiting results. I don't abstain from voting because I don't feel like voting, or because I don't think a vote makes a difference, or because I'm apathetic or lazy. I am a non-voter because I don't think true change can come from supporting this system. I am a non-voter because I think we need an altogether different system. I am a non-voter because I don't think the majority should rule the minority. I am a non-voter.
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