One thing I hear this time of year is "If you don’t vote, then you can’t complain."
OR
"I vote so I have the right to complain."
A more accurate translation of this statement might go something like this:
I’m giving permission to a random sociopath to boss me around and take my stuff, and also boss you around and take your stuff. I do this so I can complain about people bossing me around and taking my stuff, but you don’t give your permission to anyone to boss you around and take your stuff, so you don’t have a right to complain about getting bossed around and having your stuff taken…..
WHAT?!!!!!!!?
In what universe does that make sense?
Number one, just because I don’t help choose one of the slave masters on the plantation, doesn’t mean that I can’t complain about being enslaved.
Number two, by voting, you are actually painting a psychological veneer of legitimacy over something that can never be legitimate (or moral, etc.), that something being…..SLAVERY!!!
Number three, all people have the right to complain.
Why?
Because complaining doesn’t harm anyone.
Number four, someone who doesn’t vote actually has a bigger reason to complain than someone who does vote.
Why?
Because someone who votes is actually willingly consenting to their own enslavement.
END OF RANT
Thanks for your time and attention!
Just say "NO" to slavery!
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