Comments on: Voting Vs. Rewilding http://www.rewildportland.com/urbanscout-archive/voting-vs-rewilding/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: klooglesornpelk http://www.rewildportland.com/urbanscout-archive/voting-vs-rewilding/#comment-7868 klooglesornpelk Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:22:18 +0000 http://www.rewildportland.com/urbanscout-archive/voting-vs-rewilding/#comment-7868 It isn't much of a statement to not vote. Lots of people don't vote. The leaders don't care. Lesser of two evils is better than greater of two evils even if it is insignificant at times. I don't care. A trip to the ballot takes about five minutes of one's time. You can walk there in buckskins and furs while making fiber from sinew if you like, and eating deer jerky. It isn’t much of a statement to not vote. Lots of people don’t vote. The leaders don’t care. Lesser of two evils is better than greater of two evils even if it is insignificant at times. I don’t care. A trip to the ballot takes about five minutes of one’s time. You can walk there in buckskins and furs while making fiber from sinew if you like, and eating deer jerky.

]]> By: Jacob Haqq-Misra http://www.rewildportland.com/urbanscout-archive/voting-vs-rewilding/#comment-7838 Jacob Haqq-Misra Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:07:49 +0000 http://www.rewildportland.com/urbanscout-archive/voting-vs-rewilding/#comment-7838 I've been thinking about this a lot recently. Four years ago I was all gung-ho into the political races, but this election season the utter futility of the whole political process has made me question whether I really want to spend my time and energy choosing between nearly identical candidates when it won't make any bit of difference. I've decided, though, that since I am a United States citizen and have the privilege of a vote, my vote is not entirely useless for third parties--especially ones that front non-career politicians. I doubt the competence and effectiveness of our current system of government, and if voting is going to be offered I might as well vote for the introduction of at least <i>some</i> new element into the process. It won't happen, of course, but I view it as more of a vote against the system. I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. Four years ago I was all gung-ho into the political races, but this election season the utter futility of the whole political process has made me question whether I really want to spend my time and energy choosing between nearly identical candidates when it won’t make any bit of difference.

I’ve decided, though, that since I am a United States citizen and have the privilege of a vote, my vote is not entirely useless for third parties–especially ones that front non-career politicians. I doubt the competence and effectiveness of our current system of government, and if voting is going to be offered I might as well vote for the introduction of at least some new element into the process. It won’t happen, of course, but I view it as more of a vote against the system.

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