Just
because it is so timely considering the subject and tenor of my last
post, this link of the week is about another disaffected citizen’s
opinion on why
he despises the current state of American elections and voting. Nice to see more
people thinking for themselves and breaking away from the herd.
----------------------------------
by the Dissident Dad
“This
year, my wife and I will – for the second time in our adult lives – not
vote. Previously, I would have seen this stance as many people do: as
an irresponsible
act. The ritual of voting is very much like taking communion in church
for half of this country.
As a father, I want to raise responsible adults, which is why my wife and I will not be heading to the polls this election.
I want to always help my children understand that they are sovereign men and women, and have no obligation to any government.
When
it comes to voting, my wife and I are personally opting out of the
system. There are a lot of reasons for us not to vote, but at the core
it comes down
to not wanting to enforce our will on others. I’m fine with making our
voices heard, but when the vote has a direct impact on how much money is
stolen from another family, I want nothing to do with it.
Both
Democrats and Republicans support militarism, taxation, spying on us,
inflation, redistribution of wealth, Keynesian economics and corporatism
once they
get in office.
My
children need not to identify with this group of sociopaths, so to vote
would be a bad example for them. Plus, as my friend Doug Casey has
noted, voting
just encourages them – the politicians, that is. Whether you’re voting
for or against someone, winning an election gives the politician a sense
of a mandate that they are obligated to create new rules, taxes and
redistribution of wealth schemes to satisfy
their voting bloc. That somehow they are in the right, because no
matter how sick their political philosophy is, the majority has demanded
they implement it into the minority’s lives.”
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