Voting works.
The issue is that we are voting on who gets to rule over us, instead of voting on policy ourselves we elect dictators to make policy against us on our own behalf.
When I hear people saying things like "if voting worked, it would be illegal" I somewhat get confused because wouldn't the fact that ways that prevented voting in the past and present, such as felon disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, and literacy tests prove this statement true and mean that voting actually works in the State?
Just something that I have been having problems wrapping my head around because I find it odd that the system always encourages ways to increase voting instead of decreasing it.
What are you thoughts my fellow anarchists and nostr:nprofile1qyg8wumn8ghj7et49eexyu3wvf5k7qgjwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxqpqd68nahaz307gq47hx4u57a4kj770rracjjj6x7sny6f7hk3353jqlez8up?
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You're onto something but missing the deeper point. Even if we voted directly on policy, we'd still be imposing the majority's will on minorities. That's not freedom, that's mob rule with extra steps.
The real issue isn't WHO makes decisions but that we accept the legitimacy of ANY group forcing others to comply. Direct democracy can be just as tyrannical as representative democracy.
True freedom means voluntary association, not better ways to dominate each other through ballots.