[ExI] Who has a vote that counts?

Dan TheBookMan danust2012 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 11 20:37:25 UTC 2020


On Aug 11, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 3:53 AM Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 5:30 AM Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> What is the justification for not voting, beyond the fact that a single vote does not count much?
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>> ### I want to avoid legitimizing the system. If I never voted for it, you can't blame me.
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> We can totally blame you for neglecting to do your civic duty.  It doesn't matter if you never asked for it; just by being an adult citizen of the United States of America, your choices are to have that duty (though it is possible to shirk the duty) or to renounce your citizenship (which usually requires leaving the country).

Where is this requirement for US citizenship? Oh, you just made that up.

> Certain people not voting was part of how Trump got into office.

Well, if no one voted in 2016, where would he be now?

Regards,

Dan
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