• TacoSocks@infosec.pub
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    1 day ago

    In the vast majority of elections I did or could have voted in, I have looked after the fact and seen how my contribution, or lack of, Did. Not. Fucking. Matter.

    Elections are almost never decided by a single vote, do you think your vote only matters if it’s the deciding vote? I’ve watched so many election votes counts and so often I see evil win because the vote total for the lesser evil just didn’t bother to vote that eletcion. I’ve also seen areas flip because enough people think their vote doesn’t matter because it’s a “safe seat” until it isn’t. Why be one of those people, just vote every time. There will be an election this November that almost no one will vote in. I’ve seen vote totals in the 100s and elections decided by less than 10 votes. It would be so easy to sway the results if just a handful more people voted.

    Also most options I am presented with most of the time are uninspiring or downright evil.

    Vote for the lesser evil otherwise you are more likely to get the greater evil.

    Its not my responsibility to “solve” America’s 250 years of lies.

    I’m not asking or expecting you to, I just want you to vote. Voting doesn’t solve things it’s just a tug of war and I want more people constantly tugging for the lesser evil.

    So have fun on your high horse as you highlight one cherry-picked recent primary result for one city in a country filled with 90,000 governments and countless elected positions.

    It’s to show you that if you turn out, you can affect elections. You aren’t the only person with your belief that voting doesn’t matter, there are tons of you. If you all get out and vote you’ll make a difference, but it starts with you.