Its the primaries over here and its peoples chance to choose who will run on the democratic ticket in the general election. You may not like the two party system or the lack of rank choice voting but this is peoples chance to determine who might take governement positions. I hope no one who throws out the democrats don’t do enough are voting in the primaries because otherwise they are the reason what we get with democrats is what it is. Primaries because its just one party pretty much doubles the value of ones vote and further since they get less turnout it at least doubles it again. So the vote effect is in excess of 3x at a minimum. Citizenship in the us has two repsonsibilities. Voting and jury duty. Both are important to democracy.
it’s not about liking or not, it’s about refusing to participate in the rigged system any longer. i vote but it is becoming harder and harder for me to personally justify it under technofascist oligarchial American capitalism. i empathize with those who don’t vote. everyone knows our two party system is rigged, but it’s not that it’s merely rigged it’s that it doesn’t actually function or even exist. it’s a one party system and we are being given the illusion of control even at the smallest scale. we have proven over and over again that voting does not result in change. there are ways to ignore the will of the people and we are masters at it here in the US.
additionally, not voting for many is a way to reject American imperialism and global expansion. it doesn’t matter if a Dem or a Rep is in office, they are going to support genocidal Israel. there’s no compromise worth a human life to folks who aren’t voting because of this. it’s complicated but i understand it and i can accept it even. the whole “if you don’t vote then it’s a vote for Candidate A” is nonsensical because it could easily be applied to their opponent, Candidate B.
not voting is itself a political act. it demands of our government to be taken seriously. for the people to be actively listened to and engaged with. our government should earn our cooperation not expect it of us. americans shouldn’t be forced into the machine of corrupt democracy to act like worker drones keeping things going. go on and vote, that’s your part. fulfill your role.
some say no.
Not voting is cowardice and a sign of white privilege. Some of us had to have our forefathers fight for the right to vote; through lynching, poll tax, dred Scott, and so on.
So some of us can’t afford to not vote for survival.
Glad you can be comfortable in your “political act.”
uh lol i vote. it’s literally one of the first things i said. i was explaining the rationale behind some non-voters.
