The old joke: "Don't vote, it only encourages them" has been on the wall of London's Anarchist Bookshop for years. Sadly, the false dichotomy of American politics, the corrupt buying of candidates and parties there and in most places, a lack of desire of anyone who wants to be a politician to rock any boat and make lasting structural change means that sometimes you need to do more than just play the fixed game with already loaded dice, where the prize doesn't really do much for you anyway.
I'm working on several strategies in this space. Perhaps we should gather some constructive conspirators.
See, that sounds jailworthy already, even though it's in the spirit of opening up debate, discourse and emancipation...
>If enough people do that, he might accidentally get elected.
Alternatively, if no one voted, the corrupt bastards couldn't legitimately claim power.
This is a serious flaw in our current implementation of "democracy". If you don't vote for the two /three main parties (who are all neocons anyway), you are effectively ignored. People argue vote, or not to vote, but in the end whatever either of these options will be ignored.
In some elections, inquorate elections do not stand, and a re-election is required. This would be a good idea, but is unlikely to happen.
In some places (notably Australia) government feels legitimated by compulsory voting (even fr expats). I don't know the sanctions for not voting, but voting turnout there is high.
I'm working on several strategies in this space. Perhaps we should gather some constructive conspirators.
See, that sounds jailworthy already, even though it's in the spirit of opening up debate, discourse and emancipation...