Delusional, Meaningless, Idiotic Statements on Voting

Delusional, Meaningless,

Idiotic Statements on Voting

A search of the internet will show that most non-academic advocates of voting are unable to identify a rational justification for voting, or valid reasons why it should be considered worthwhile or important. The apologetics one will find are most often infantile and embarrassingly ludicrous. Below is a sampling of statements culled from the “electronic public square” regarding voting—as expressed by various mindless, delusional, indoctrinated (and quite frankly idiotic) voting advocates. The shibboleths of these establishment pawns can scarcely be met with anything less than pitying amazement, incredulity, or revulsion.

Vote to preserve your sovereignty or retain control over your future.
1. “Each citizen should make his or her own decision on how to vote.”
2. “… but don’t throw your vote away. Only vote for someone who can win.”
3. “If you don’t vote, you have no say in who is elected.”
4. “Why let other people decide what is best for you when you have a voice: your vote.”
5. “Vote because you don’t want other people making your choices for you.”
6. “By not voting, someone else will make the decisions for your life.”
7. “Vote because you want to have a voice in the things that affect you.”
8. “You should vote so that others don’t control you.”
9. “If you choose to not vote, this means you are letting others decide important issues.”
10. “If you don’t vote for what you believe in, others will—and you may not like the outcome.”
11. “Voting allows you to choose the candidate whose positions you agree with.”
12. “Not voting means you are letting others decide what is right and wrong for you.”

13. “Not voting effectively throws away your ability to influence how issues play out in the world.”
14. “Not voting surrenders your right to influence how society should be.”
15. “Voting is your chance to make a difference in the world around you.”
16. “Vote so our representatives can voice all of our opinions in one huge collective voice.”
17. “People should vote so they can have their own say in everything, but still have peace.”
18. “Vote so you control who spends your tax dollars and where they are spent.”
19. “Your vote is your way to stand up for the things you believe in.”
20. “By failing to vote you deserve no voice—nothing; and that’s what you’ll get.”
21. “If too many people don’t vote, a minority of the public will determine the country’s future.”
22. “If we didn’t have the right to vote we could be repressed and unable to make our own decisions about the future.”
23. “The alternative to voting is living in a country without choices. Not voting implies you prefer this alternative. A country without choices is like a communist country.”
24. “Voting keeps America free.”
25. “Voting guards against the threats to our liberties.”
26. “Your vote is an act of faith and commitment to the ideals that protect every individual’s right to remain free from a tyrannical government.”
27. “No one should be pressured or threatened to support or vote for a particular candidate.”

Express your opinion; let your voice be heard; be counted.
28. “Democracy is the only true way for people to have a voice that matters. Without that, people feel trapped and unsatisfied.”
29. “You should have the right to indicate your feelings to the government.”
30. “Remember it is not only your vote, it’s your voice.”
31. “Voting is your voice, and the only person who can silence your voice is you.”
32. “Not voting means your voice will not count.”
33. “If you don’t vote because you believe your vote won’t count for anything, then that is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you want your vote to count, then you should vote, and encourage others to vote also.”
34. “Voting recognizes the equality of all people and their right to speak and be heard.”
35. “If lots of people think their vote would make no difference, we cannot survive as a democracy. The few people who do show up will determine the winners.”
36. “If you don’t vote, you get what someone else ‘thinks’ is right for the country but seldom is. All of us are smarter than one of us!”

Vote because it’s “important.”
37. “Free elections are the heart of American democracy.”
38. “Vote to have a sense of participation in a process that is truly what it means to be an American.”
39. “Democracy is about ‘free and fair’ elections.”
40. “Voting is one of the most important rights and responsibilities that U.S. citizens have.”
41. “Voting makes you a true citizen. Voting shapes and benefits society.”
42. “You should vote because it is important and it can change things for the better.”
43. “Vote in order to prevent elections from being determined by stupid or immoral voters.”
44. “Your vote is important in determining who will control government, and therefore what kinds of legislation will be passed.”
45. “Elections are consequential. Your vote can literally mean war or peace, depression or prosperity, and life or death to many people here and abroad.”
46. “If we are to get the most benefit from democracy, then we should strive to make it as participatory as possible.”
47. “Voting directly affects issues that are in desperate need of reform to insure a quality of life equal or better than that of our ancestors.”
48. “Voting is the way we delegate our own responsibility to take care of the planet to others more capable, so we can pursue our own vocation.”
49. “The efforts of your opponents to restrict your vote show how important it really is.”

Educating the youth to vote.
50. “The desire to vote is one that needs to be taught at a young age.”
51. “Although there are no known disadvantages of voting, the government should set funds aside for civic education so people know the importance of voting.”
52. “Giving young people the vote would make them more engaged in society.”
53. “Most young people are educated about civics in high school, so they should be capable of voting.”
54. “If you are old enough to die for your country, you are old enough to intelligently vote.”
55. “If you are old enough to drive, work, pay taxes, get married, or have children, then you should be allowed to vote.”
56. “Vote to break the adult stereotype that young people are lazy, don’t care about their communities, and don’t vote… Prove them wrong.”

Voting is a way to change things.
57. “Voting lets you tell the government what you want it to do.”
58. “Politicians are elected to represent the people but they cannot do this if no one tells them whether what they are doing is right or wrong.”
59. “We are in the position we are in because we do not elect people who adequately represent us.”
60. “We must tell our government how we want them to govern us, and we must demand they cease manipulating us.”
61. “The meaning of an election is that all of us come together to make decisions based on our common experience.”
62. “Voting is the way to change things. Without voting, nothing truly changes.”
63. “Don’t just give up on voting, demand more from your government.”
64. “Every vote counts. Every single vote counts. Florida proves every vote counts.”
65. “The last election was decided by less than X votes—stunning proof of the importance of the individual vote.”
66. “Just a few votes can change the outcome of an election.”
67. “There is power in numbers, and when we vote, we can truly make a difference. “

Just vote no matter what, even if only for the lesser of two evils.
68. “It doesn’t matter if you like the candidates or not. Whichever one represents you and your needs better is the one you should vote for.”
69. “One of the candidates will win; choose the one who is less painful to vote for; the one who will do the least harm; the one who is closer to your interests, beliefs, preferences; the lesser evil.”
70. “Progress is made slowly. Voting for the lesser of two evils will gradually make progress. You have an obligation to future generations to make progress.”
71. “Voting the lesser of two evils … at least applies the brakes when the polity is headed in the wrong direction. Refusing to vote simply because it might legitimize the process is … allowing the greater evil just so you can claim some moral high ground, while real people will be affected if the greater evil prevails in the election.”
72. “Not voting is a vote for the other candidate. You might not like your candidate, but how much do you dislike the other one?”

Vote out of duty.
73. “Voting is one of the greatest privileges of living in a democracy.”
74. “Voting makes you a ‘selfless contributor to the public good.’ ”
75. “Voting is a sacred right, a solemn duty, a great honor.”
76. “Voting is the precious right of the free, and if you abdicate in your responsibility to your friends, family, and nation, you have no claim or right to freedom.”
77. “It’s a debt you owe to others, that you show up and put your mark on a ballot.”
78. “Vote not for the future, but to honor the history of past struggles for the right to vote.”
79. “People have died to give you the privilege of voting. You should be ashamed to not vote.”
80. “No matter how useless you think it is, you’re just plain lazy and ungrateful to not do it out of respect for those who gave you that right.”
81. “I live in a district that consistently votes 80% for democrats—any democrat, it doesn’t matter. I still vote in every election. It is my responsibility as a citizen.”
82. “The men and women who died so you have the right to vote deserve the respect and memorial of a vote.”
83. “By voting you honor the sacrifices which have given you the freedom you enjoy today.”
84. “Our ancestors have fought too hard for the right to vote, for us to disregard it and not vote.”
85. “Our brave soldiers are fighting and dying right now for your right to vote.”
86. “If nothing else, you should vote in honor of those who can’t.”
87. “In some countries people are literally dying to be able to vote and make a difference.”

Vote for the right to complain.
88. “If you don’t vote you have no right whatsoever to complain about anything that goes on in this country.”
89. “If you vote, you have earned your right to be critical of those in office, because (1) if you voted for them and they are a disappointment, you can truthfully say that you didn’t believe that they would act the way they did, and (2) if you voted against them, you can ‘claim the moral high ground’ with your pronouncement that you did what you could to keep them out of office.”

Non-voting is evil.
90. “Non-voters are selfish, uncaring, petty, and apathetic.”
91. “Not voting is being lazy and taking the easy way out.”
92. “Not voting means you don’t care about this country.”
93. “Non-voters should move to a country where they are not allowed to vote.”
94. “Non-voters are free-riding on society.”
95. “Non-voters are democracy’s bystanders.”
96. “The country isn’t working properly due to the apathy of non-voters like you.”
97. “Bad people are sent to Washington by good people who don’t vote.”
98. “Voting should be compulsory. Non-voters should be fined.”

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The Deification of Democratic Governance and the Subversion of Individual Liberty”

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