Are you registered to vote?

[Dissipate]

No. Voting is nothing more than a ritual for people who want to be controlled by politicians.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Dissipate
No. Voting is nothing more than a ritual for people who want to be controlled by politicians.

and the alternative to voting for your leaders is.......

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Dissipate
No. Voting is nothing more than a ritual for people who want to be controlled by politicians.

and the alternative to voting for your leaders is.......

Making them all get real jobs.

But wait a second. Is a politician a 'leader?' To me a leader is someone you have faith in for guidance. A politician is someone who says: follow me and my agenda or go directly to jail. That's not guidance, that's dominance.

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: Dissipate
No. Voting is nothing more than a ritual for people who want to be controlled by politicians.

So what do you suggest society should be?

 

[GeekDrew]

It does make a difference on local races. Federal is just a crock of crap.

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
It does make a difference on local races. Federal is just a crock of crap.

Yep that's true, you do have a bit more of a voice in the local elections.

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: bradruth

So what do you suggest society should be?

Free.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Stvfarmboy
Yes I'm registered to vote. I might be moving my registration when I graduate from college in a little over a month.

People actually move their registration to where they go to college? I just vote absentee. I think that voting for my own community where my home is is far more important than for a town that I'll only be in for 4 years ...

 

[engineereeyore]

Yep.

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: Dissipate

Originally posted by: bradruth

So what do you suggest society should be?

Free.

And how would we achieve your notion of freedom?

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: Dissipate

Originally posted by: bradruth

So what do you suggest society should be?

Free.

And how would we achieve your notion of freedom?

This book has a pretty good roadmap.

In a nutshell, privatize everything.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: Stvfarmboy
Yes I'm registered to vote. I might be moving my registration when I graduate from college in a little over a month.

People actually move their registration to where they go to college? I just vote absentee. I think that voting for my own community where my home is is far more important than for a town that I'll only be in for 4 years ...

You're only legally allowed to vote at your official residence. If you change your legal residence to your college address, then that's where you can vote. If you still legally live with your parents, that's where you're allowed to vote.

 

[PrayForDeath]

Originally posted by: Dissipate

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: Dissipate

Originally posted by: bradruth

So what do you suggest society should be?

Free.

And how would we achieve your notion of freedom?

This book has a pretty good roadmap.

In a nutshell, privatize everything.

This sounds like total chaos

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Of course I'm registered and I never miss a vote.

 

[skyking]

Registered and always vote (absentee), and registered for the draft a few decades ago

 

[Paulson]

Registered and have voted...

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: Dissipate
This book has a pretty good roadmap.

In a nutshell, privatize everything.

So would you say you're ok with anarchy?

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
It does make a difference on local races. Federal is just a crock of crap.

I also agree on this point, my local mayoral election was really tight this past year & ended up being decided by under 50 votes.

 

[datalink7]

Yes and I vote.

 

[BatmanNate]

Yep, and I've abused it relentlessly, for all the good it's done anyone. None of us is as dumb as all of us!

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
It does make a difference on local races. Federal is just a crock of crap.

I also agree on this point, my local mayoral election was really tight this past year & ended up being decided by under 50 votes.

I've seen them pass closer than that. I've seen some *tie*... now that is a pain. Had just 1 person more voted...

 

[FoBoT]

yes
we have some local issues on the ballot tomorrow, school board members and such
i'll stop in and vote on my way to work

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
It does make a difference on local races. Federal is just a crock of crap.

I also agree on this point, my local mayoral election was really tight this past year & ended up being decided by under 50 votes.

The electoral college is a bloated miserable failure of democracy -if you can even call it democracy.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
It does make a difference on local races. Federal is just a crock of crap.

I also agree on this point, my local mayoral election was really tight this past year & ended up being decided by under 50 votes.

The electoral college is a bloated miserable failure of democracy -if you can even call it democracy.

... what does that have to do with local races or a mayoral election?

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
... what does that have to do with local races or a mayoral election?

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Federal is just a crock of crap.

1 + 1 = 2, Drew.