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I don't consent. Voting signals consent.

I may have to go along (with laws) to get along for the moment, but I'm not about to take a bunch of action (like voting) that signals that I am voluntarily participating in the system.

It's _especially_ bad when the politicians start dangling attractive carrots in front of your face. By voting in that scenario, you're capitulating "Well I guess if I **agree** with the state in this instance then it's not so bad..." No, fuck that.

That's how they play the permanent duopoly game. And keep the population rivalrous and divided, insuring the state and the current duopoly is never shaken.

nix 1y ago

That's fair. The approach is too puritanical to be practical, in my eyes, but I respect it.

In the UK election. I will not vote as it is pointless. In the US I would vote. It will very likely be easier to build a btc based parallel economy which we need under Kennedy or Trump as opposed to any version of Biden.

Votes are anonymous and as such whether you voted and how is only known to you. My vote does not mean I agree with anything, it is a gamble, a bet that one version of govt will be more helpful on the way to divorcing the state than another.

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vinney...axkl 1y ago

We disagree about the feasibility and likelihood of a presidential candidate facilitating a BTC economy. But that's fine.

If you stay home on election day, that's not anonymous. You couldn't have voted if you didn't show up. I'd rather send that message.

nix 1y ago

I am not saying any presidential candidate will help us build a BTC economy, only that some will obstruct it less.

TK SuitCoin.exe 80HpW 1y ago

Even that is subjective at best. The entire point of a governments entire existence hinges upon the validity of private property violations. Thus being it a NECESSITY in order for the thing to exist its a distortion on EVERY human beings economic choices. So to say that X politician is going to disturb less is like also saying that this poison will kill me less slowly so ill take that one instead of just stopping the ingestion of the poison altogether.

nix 1y ago

I wish that not voting would automatically take me out of the system. It does not.