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Article #244The Meaning of Non-Voting
From: "F.Baube x554"
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 13:29
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 13:29
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somebody wrote: > >Clearly, an individual's vote doesn't matter at all as evidenced > >by the way the election turns out whether they vote or not. > >Voting is a symbolic, not a functional, act. There was a discussion of this some time ago on anarchy-list. The conclusion (IMHO only) was that not-voting has symbolic meaning ONLY if it there is a clearly organized voting boycott, as has been happening in Eastern Europe from time to time. If you don't vote today, the State Managers and their media lackies can and will mark you down in the Too Content to Bother to Vote column. If you don't like the Repocrats or Demopublicans, vote for a 3rd party. fred :: baube@optiplan.fi
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