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If you are able, please vote.
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:date: 2012-11-05 15:01:00
:author: bnewbold
:category: text
:slug: 2012-11-05-if-you-are-able-please-vote
:status: published
I maintain a heavy skepticism and discontent with the values, tone, and
both the contemporary and historical actions of the US federal
government.
But I do believe that our current system of *governance* (if not
*government*) has been an improvement over the immediately preceding
systems, and that simply failing to participate in that system (by not
voting) is not a valid way to signal one's discontent or to avoid
legitimizing the system. There are an infinite number of more explicit
and productive ways to construct a better future, achieve justice,
not-participate, etc. For example, refusal to pay federal income taxes.
To remain an eligible voter but not show up and cast a ballot (even a
blank ballot) - whether due to other priorities or out of spite -
indicates a lack of faith in the concept of democracy and
self-determinism in *any* form and a willingness to return to the
legitimized sovereign rule by a few.
If you feel uninformed or undecided, Peter Norvig has what seems to be
`a rather detailed
overview <http://norvig.com/election-faq-2012.html>`__ of the 2012
presidential election.
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