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> "Imagine what might happen if a great portion of people refused to vote for the charlatans chosen to run for president.

> The fear that there was even a slight chance that this might happen lies behind all the pep talks and moralizing about doing your civic duty, which is such “a privilege.” Vote, even if it’s for the “lesser of two evils.”

> But please, let us not mention the great evil that lies behind these lessers. Vote and we’ll give you a sticker. A sticker that signifies your gullibility."

https://edwardcurtin.com/everybody-knows-or-do-they/#:~:text=Imagine%20what%20might,signifies%20your%20gullibility.

DefiantDandelion 1y ago

A great portion of people already refuse to vote. Voting participation is like 60% on a high cycle meaning 40% don’t.

The system keeps rolling. Not voting doesn’t do anything more than voting. Perhaps they both do nothing, but it doesn’t do more.

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Marakesh 𓅦 1y ago

I haven't heard a figure yet on the voter turnout rate this cycle, but I don't think it's lower than previous elections, except for 2020, and may even be higher. The 2020 election data is all skewed, when you had some 20 million more "votes" than the prior election. I doubt 2024 numbers have exceeded 2020 numbers, but Democrats maintain 2020 was a "free and fair" election.

I had thought some confidence in voting and the system had been eroded, but perhaps not when I see how so many were gung-ho to vote. I suppose the Uniparty put up sufficiently scary candidates to frighten people into voting either way.

DefiantDandelion 1y ago

The best I got

DefiantDandelion 1y ago

Worse still, IF voting participation is as high as 60% that means whichever candidate wins, they are operating with a mandate of 35% of the total population? Will the system cease if that were to decline to 25%, I don’t think so.