Comments on: If You Vote, You Can’t Complain http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/10/14/if-you-vote-you-cant-complain/ The Revolution Will Be Doodled! Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:11:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dinnerboi http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/10/14/if-you-vote-you-cant-complain/comment-page-1/#comment-5480 Dinnerboi Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:35:04 +0000 http://anarchyinyourhead.com/?p=227#comment-5480 Voting for "lessor of two evils" is STILL voting for evil. Good quote/message by a friend of mine: "If you don't vote, they just write it off as apathy and no message will be sent. Why not go to the polls and turn in a blank ballot instead? Could you imagine if all of the non-voters did that, what message it would send?" Voting for “lessor of two evils” is STILL voting for evil.

Good quote/message by a friend of mine: “If you don’t vote, they just write it off as apathy and no message will be sent. Why not go to the polls and turn in a blank ballot instead? Could you imagine if all of the non-voters did that, what message it would send?”

]]> By: Dinnerboi http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/10/14/if-you-vote-you-cant-complain/comment-page-1/#comment-5479 Dinnerboi Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:26:42 +0000 http://anarchyinyourhead.com/?p=227#comment-5479 An alternative way to look at it: "In the words of some anarchist guy, 'if you don't vote laughing, don't vote at all. Mock the vote'" --AshillaBeige on YouTube. An alternative way to look at it:

“In the words of some anarchist guy, ‘if you don’t vote laughing, don’t vote at all.

Mock the vote’” –AshillaBeige on YouTube.

]]> By: Anarchy In Your Head » Archive » The Anarchist In All Of Us http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/10/14/if-you-vote-you-cant-complain/comment-page-1/#comment-3899 Anarchy In Your Head » Archive » The Anarchist In All Of Us Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:24:53 +0000 http://anarchyinyourhead.com/?p=227#comment-3899 [...] Occasionally some new policy will be put into place or some law will be passed that raises the ire of one special interest group or another insisting that the government has no right to do it no matter what consensus they managed to achieve. The expressions “He’s not my president!” and so-and-so elected official “doesn’t represent me!” are tossed around frequently, but somehow it doesn’t lead many to question the actual system that installed these leaders or implemented these unacceptable policies. Whenever I hear such protests, I would love to back that person up and say you’re correct. “That person does’nt represent you. The government has no right to say what you can or can’t put in your body, or to tax your income, or to tell you who you can marry,” whichever particular issue pushed your button. But do you have faith in the system that selects our leaders? Do you vote hoping you can gather enough on your side to overpower your opponent? Do you start playing that violent game, knowing all the rules in advance, and then complain when you lose? [...] [...] Occasionally some new policy will be put into place or some law will be passed that raises the ire of one special interest group or another insisting that the government has no right to do it no matter what consensus they managed to achieve. The expressions “He’s not my president!” and so-and-so elected official “doesn’t represent me!” are tossed around frequently, but somehow it doesn’t lead many to question the actual system that installed these leaders or implemented these unacceptable policies. Whenever I hear such protests, I would love to back that person up and say you’re correct. “That person does’nt represent you. The government has no right to say what you can or can’t put in your body, or to tax your income, or to tell you who you can marry,” whichever particular issue pushed your button. But do you have faith in the system that selects our leaders? Do you vote hoping you can gather enough on your side to overpower your opponent? Do you start playing that violent game, knowing all the rules in advance, and then complain when you lose? [...]

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