Why vote? It just encourages them. Save voting for a reformed political system worthy of respect and participation.
After many years of political disappointment, more progressives, liberals and conservatives – and certainly moderates and independents – know in their hearts that voting for Democrats or Republicans is a waste. Just imagine if voter turnout was cut to 25 percent or less! Let the whole world see Americans boycotting a broken and corrupt political system and rejecting what has become a delusional democracy. To keep voting in an unjust political system makes us willing political slaves that the rich and powerful elites exploit.…
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76 - troll
...aren't you referring to basic 'classiness' rather than 'social class' which indeed is an economic matter - ?
or: what do you mean by 'social class' - ?
77 - Clavos
By social class I mean the area in society occupied by people such as the Cabots and Lodges in New England, for example.
This group also includes many of the oldest family names in the country. They are the people listed in the social registers of each city, and money can't buy you into their circles, though lack of money can keep you out if you're not already in.
All are in that class, but not all are wealthy any longer.
Donald Trump, for example, is not one of them. Neither is Bill Gates or George Soros, though Warren Buffett may well be.
They are the people who have been to prep school and the Ivy League for generations, and they guard the gates well.
78 - troll
...oh - you refer to those 'aristocrats' behind and above the ol' skull and bones et al
..the Russian Landowner Syndrome
sounds like a conspiracy theory based on an objectively real conspiracy...but what do you call constantly justified paranoia - ? (with respects to Pynchon)
79 - Joel S. Hirschhorn
SonnyD: It does not matter whether I or anyone else impacts your vote; because your vote is a joke played by you on yourself.
As to the None of the Above option on ballots, which I have strongly supported for a long time. The two major parties refuse to give us that option because they fear the results, even if NOTA received more votes than the "winner" and had no impact on the election result. They fear the embarrassment!! So now the only logical option for those finally recognizing that both major parties and their candidates are not worth voting for is to NOT VOTE and play their corrupt game.
80 - Doug Hunter
"is to NOT VOTE and play their corrupt game."
Good on you. The less of you morons voting, the more important my vote becomes. I wish everyone else would decide not to vote and I could just pick our politicians. Same goes for the primaries. It'd be fun to pick the candidates and then pick the winner. I think you guys are really on to something.
81 - troll
...Doug consider the possibilities - if a high profile voter boycott is organized then will a tax boycott be far behind - ?
'no federal taxation without representation' has a nice ring to it...although there is where any reform movement will run into the Law and things will get dicey
...in the meantime enjoy being part of the problem
82 - Doug Hunter
I quit this game, it's no fun, nobody listens to what I say. Let's start over with me as the leader! Childish.
83 - Louis
I think God I don't vote. I don't vote for crooks.