[MD] Voting

[ian glendinning]

It's not the "only" way Micah, it's the revolutionary way as opposed
to the evolutionary way. Each to his own.
Ian

On 8/13/07, Micah <micah at roarkplumbing.com> wrote:
> Ian,
>
> Participation in a corrupt system, through voting - including a vote of no
> confidence, is an affirmation of that system. Non participation in a system
> is the only way to change a system.
>
> Micah
>
>
>
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> Micah, Keith, "not voting" is a valid strategy, but it must be
> actively not voting.
>
> ie turning up and voting "none of the above" or spoiling your ballot,
> whatever.
> If not, there is no way to differentiating "not voting" from apathy or
> sheer ignorance. It's very important that the more automated voting
> technologies allow voters to signify that they turned up to vote, but
> didn't choose to cast their vote.
>
> Apathy is evil, but "not voting" is not necessarily so.
> Ian
>
> On 8/7/07, Keith A. Gillette <Keith.Gillette at detling.org> wrote:
> > -----Micah, Tuesday, August 07, 2007 21:46-----
> > Not voting is the revolution. Can't you imagine what would happen if less
> > than 10% voted? Don't you already see the government desperation at the
> lack
> > of involvement? Saying "no I will not be a part of this sham" is the first
> > step. The true "intellectual" leaders will then come forward.
> > -----
> >
> > I can see what would happen if less than 10% voted: Elections would be
> > decided on the narrowest of platforms catering to those who did bother to
> > vote.
> >
> > Reform the elections system by: adopting Instant Run-off Voting or
> > Condorcet's method to allow people to vote their conscience while not
> > feeling they're "throwing away" they're vote on an "unelectable" (but
> > forthright & worthy) candidate, and by supporting Clean Elections by
> > providing full public funding to candidates who agree to live by spending
> > caps and forego private donations to keep politicians out of the pockets
> of
> > moneyed interests & allow those "intellectual" leaders more interested in
> > policymaking than fundraising to actually be competitive, but don't
> abdicate
> > responsibility by not participating.
> >
> > As Plato said, "The price of apathy toward public affairs is to be ruled
> by
> > evil men."
> >
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