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As I predicted, voting is meaningless
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<blockquote data-quote="Fallbackpuppet" data-source="post: 3807907" data-attributes="member: 38064"><p>I would disagree and propose the opposite is more true. Your vote is your sanction for the policies, actions, and consequences of the person\mesure you are voting for. To a lesser extent voting at all (even for the loser) is giving your sanction to the process and its outcome. If an acceptable candidate isn't presented as is frequently the case people are encouraged to vote for the lesser of two evils. Unfortunately lesser or not voting for evil/unacceptable option is still giving your express sanction to that evil/unacceptable option. If you vote knowing that all options offered are to some degree evil then you are giving your express sanction to a process that promotes evil\unacceptable options. So voting in that case win or lose puts at least some of the responsibility for the winners actions on you either directly or indirectly depending on if you less unacceptable candidate won or not.</p><p>This calculus changes when on the rare occasion there are acceptable options on the ballot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fallbackpuppet, post: 3807907, member: 38064"] I would disagree and propose the opposite is more true. Your vote is your sanction for the policies, actions, and consequences of the person\mesure you are voting for. To a lesser extent voting at all (even for the loser) is giving your sanction to the process and its outcome. If an acceptable candidate isn't presented as is frequently the case people are encouraged to vote for the lesser of two evils. Unfortunately lesser or not voting for evil/unacceptable option is still giving your express sanction to that evil/unacceptable option. If you vote knowing that all options offered are to some degree evil then you are giving your express sanction to a process that promotes evil\unacceptable options. So voting in that case win or lose puts at least some of the responsibility for the winners actions on you either directly or indirectly depending on if you less unacceptable candidate won or not. This calculus changes when on the rare occasion there are acceptable options on the ballot. [/QUOTE]
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