The Cellar - View Single Post - Halt! Vote! Rational Reasons for Refusing to Vote

Sundae · 09-06-2016, 04:27 AM

No. If all politicians are evil despots and lying, cheating scum, then vote for the one who you believe is 0.01% better.

It's trickle-down. If enough people feel like you do, their votes will change the tide.
The slightly more honest, slightly less liar-y (yes I made that up) person will get in.

The best analogy I can think of is McDonalds. Not only do they change their menu and their advertising from country to country (despite being so globally prevalent as to feature in national indexes) but they change according to public pressure. Why? Because that's where the money is. Serve children carrots not fries? Serve alcohol? Change frying oil so it doesn't contain beef fat? Check, check, check - different countries, different strategies. Because they are so lovely and warm and cuddly? NO. Because they want money.

Someone is always going to be in power.

In my country, my vote has rarely counted, as I tend to vote against the grain (it counted in the last General Election, but not in the Referendum for example).
But at least I can say I tried.

Because when the wolf comes to the door I want to be able to say I did at least that. A lickle cross on a bit of paper isn't exactly manning the barricades, but at least I did that.

09-06-2016, 04:27 AM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	No. If all politicians are evil despots and lying, cheating scum, then vote for the one who you believe is 0.01% better. It's trickle-down. If enough people feel like you do, their votes will change the tide. The slightly more honest, slightly less liar-y (yes I made that up) person will get in. The best analogy I can think of is McDonalds. Not only do they change their menu and their advertising from country to country (despite being so globally prevalent as to feature in national indexes) but they change according to public pressure. Why? Because that's where the money is. Serve children carrots not fries? Serve alcohol? Change frying oil so it doesn't contain beef fat? Check, check, check - different countries, different strategies. Because they are so lovely and warm and cuddly? NO. Because they want money. Someone is always going to be in power. In my country, my vote has rarely counted, as I tend to vote against the grain (it counted in the last General Election, but not in the Referendum for example). But at least I can say I tried. Because when the wolf comes to the door I want to be able to say I did at least that. A lickle cross on a bit of paper isn't exactly manning the barricades, but at least I did that. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac