5 . YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE IN GOVERNMENT
In a democratic form of government it would be . In a democratic form of government , such as a direct or participatory democracy , people can vote on things like budgets , wars , and other important issues , and have a voice in government . In our " representative " government , people can only vote for representatives who may or may not listen to them or act in their interests , and who cannot be held accountable during their terms of office , which is the only time they hold power and are needed to represent the interests of their constituents . Waiting until somebody has killed a million people in a war based on lies , destroyed the economy , and taken away your civil rights , and then trying to elect somebody else , is much too late because by then much of the damage cannot be undone and your grandchildren will still be paying for it .
6 . JUST BECAUSE THINGS DIDN ' T WORK OUT THE WAY WE WANTED LAST TIME , AND THE TIME BEFORE THAT , AND THE TIME BEFORE THAT , DOESN ' T MEAN THAT THEY WON ' T THIS TIME
Some say that Einstein defined insanity as repeating the same experiment over and over and expecting different results .
7 . IF WE DON ' T VOTE , THE TEA PARTY , THE BREIVIK-TYPES , AND ALL THE LUNATICS WILL , AND THEY ' LL RUN THE COUNTRY
They ' re a minority , no more than 10 % at the very most . Of the approximately 50 % of our electorate that votes , fewer than 10 % vote for 3rd parties . The Apartheid regime in South Africa tried to seat the winning candidates after a successful election boycott where there was only a 7 % turnout , but nobody thought they were legitimate or took them seriously .
8 . YOU DON ' T HAVE THE NUMBERS TO PULL OFF AN ELECTION BOYCOTT
There are already more people who don ' t vote , who either don ' t think our government is relevant to them , don ' t think their vote matters , or don ' t think that anyone on the ballot would represent them or could , since anyone who represented the people would be a small minority with no seniority in government , than there are registered Democrats or Republicans . We have greater numbers than either major party , but they haven ' t given up so why should we ?
9 . PEOPLE WHO DON ' T VOTE ARE APATHETIC
When you vote , you are granting your consent of the governed . That ' s what voting is all about . If you knowingly vote for people you can ' t hold accountable , it means that you don ' t really care what they do once they ' re in office . All you care about is your right to vote , not whether or not you will actually be represented or if the government will secure your rights . Prior to the ' 08 election , when Obama had already joined McCain in supporting the bailouts that most people opposed , and had expressed his intention to expand the war in Afghanistan , I begged every progressive peace activist I knew not to vote for bailouts and war . They didn ' t care and they voted for Obama anyway . That ' s apathy . But it ' s worse than that . Once I had learned how rigged our elections are , I started asking election integrity activists if they would still vote if the only federally approved voting mechanism was a flush toilet . About half just laughed and said that of course they wouldn ' t . But the other half got indignant and accused me of trying to take away their precious right to vote . When I finished asking everyone I could , I ran an online poll and got the same results . Half of all voters really are so apathetic that they don ' t care if their vote is flushed down a toilet , as long as they can vote . They really don ' t know the difference between a voice in government , and an uncounted
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