I will not vote in this election.
I will not participate in this distraction and sham, and neither laziness nor apathy is among my reasons behind my choice.
I think most of the possible voting choices are unethical. Specifically, I believe it is unethical to vote to place another human being in a position of power over a peaceful person who cannot opt out of that system if there is a reasonably realistic chance your choice might prevail. I believe it is unethical to vote to steal a peaceful person's property- be that theft in the form of taxation, eminent domain, zoning, gun control, the drug war, fines or penalties for victimless activities, or any of a bazillion other activities I could list. I believe it is unethical to vote to take away any peaceful choice a person could make- be that choice to carry arms either openly or concealed in public, to fuck bicycle parts, to wear clothing with distasteful graphics, to speak, publish or read offensive material, or again any of a bazillion other things that do not violate anyone else's right to their own equally individual choices.
It is a very specific strategic choice for me not to vote. The system we have- no matter who is in charge- is fundamentally flawed and needs to be supplanted by individual freedom as soon as possible. It is predicated on the flawed notion that some men may dictate the details of the lives others. It is my desire to see such a system widely regarded as a joke.
I want holding a government job to be considered an embarassment by most people. I want the idea that we should obey arbitrarily meaninglessly selected other people to seem ludicrous to us all. Like ridiculous anti-cohabitation laws that are still on the books but virtually never enforced, I would be satisfied to see all the powers of government fade to unnoticeable levels. That's just about as good as an official collapse in my book.
I do not believe that participating in the process is a good way to bring that about. I believe that the system will seem much more ridiculous when only a fraction of a percent of eligible adults bother to waddle their way into voting booths and peck away at their ballots than when even 40-50% do so. I believe that when people stop looking to the system to solve their problems, we will rediscover the powers within ourselves to solve our problems through voluntary cooperation and free individual choices.
