touch foxglove NOW 
It's because you are LAZY. That's it. That's the reason. 
"Nooooo yuo don't get it... voting has a tiny effect...... why even bother......"
right! and voting also requires a tiny effort!
"Nooooo...... I live in a (red/blue) state....... my vote doesn't matter.... foregone conclusion...."
WRONG. The only thing that makes a red/blue state a red/blue state is the people that vote in the elections. That means YOU (or, more accurately, NOT YOU). During the 2020 election, two deep red states (Arizona and Georgia) switched from Red to Blue. Also, in our lifetimes, many traditionally red states have begun drifting blue in matters of state politics. Kansas, a deep red state, for instance, has a Democrat governor and congresspeople.
"they'll just change the vote........... or cheat....... anything to keep the powers that be in office............ forever........"
source: trust me bro
Trump had every opportunity to prove that there was voter fraud. I'll admit, folks, for a bit I thought there was some sus shit going on! I kept hearing about bags of votes being found on the internet! but for months and months NOTHING. Nada. Zilch. This was after millions of dollars requesting recounts in swing states, and Trump swinging his presidential peepee as hard as he could (prolly harder than he should've 
)
folks, there isn't some big conspiracy. if it was real, Trump woulda found it. but he didn't. He keeps claiming he did, but fellas, he didn't, lol.
bro they stole the election. trust me bro.
okay, how and where's the proof
dude... they just did, okay???
"heh... democracy doesn't even work..."
You are an actual r-slur if you think this. Not like the cool and funny r-slurs that everybody gets along with, I am talking boomerpilled grannymaxxers who fall for sexy Indian dudes telling them their computer is full of viruses.
ok, ok, ill take you seriously for a second. what system would work better than democracy? hmmmb... i know.... authoritarianism. if we were just controlled by badass dictators, everything would be better... oh wait oh shit oh frick, you're telling me that the unelected dictator is MORE CORRUPT than an elected official??? well darnnnn we better vote him out - oh wait you can't 
Conclusion: you are lazy and probably fat
I know I am going to get people in the comments being like "didn't read; still not voting 
" yeah I know bub, did you think I wrote this thinking I would actually change your mind? I just wrote this for @Impassionata's little essay contest. You guys are like a fat positivity forum and I'm like the guy that is trying, futily, to convince you to hit the gym instead of bitching about how you're treated.
I am hereby proposing the "Touch Ballot" award, requiring a person to submit proof that they voted in an election. Yes this would exclude non-US people but I don't care 
seethe harder democracy haters
🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽 NON-VOTER SEETHE BELOW 🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽 
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Voting
in a bourgeois 
dictatorship is worthless.
Upmarseys/Downmarseys on RDrama
have a more visible effect on people's lives 
and behaviors
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?????
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All governments are a dictatorship of one class over others. In a bourgeois
dictatorship the bourgeoisie 
hold all the influence and power 
and thus make/dictate the laws to the proletariat 
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You do realize classes collaborate in a society, right? That "proletarians" are the vast majority of the electorate, and that this process revolves around "bourgeoisie" convincing proles to support them over other "bourgeoisie" - that both parties are high-low coalitions?
Far from a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie.
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No they don't if you even were 1% familiar with Marx you'd know that !commies I'm busy Downmarseys this fool
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Marxism is an r-slured science for r-slurred people
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You're a dumb BIPOC
keep yourself safe
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I am the lord thy God!
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Marx is not gospel, just because he said it doesn't mean it's true.
!nonchuds
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Not gospel sure, but it's far more likely to be accurate than the ‘political philosophers' who pretend that class isn't important and make it all about manners and administration.
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Its time for you and me to rise up and strike back
Don't stop until we dominate
Won't you feel great when we exterminate
All organic life!
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Class is 100% a thing, but Marx (or at least his followers) tend to make an incorrect assumption of prepetual conflict of interest between classes as an absolute given.
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You also ignore
that most elected officials are bourgeoisie 
so all the power 
to do anything 
rests in their hands, it doesn't matter 
what the electorate wants ultimately because the bourgeois 
class will create all sorts of procedural reasons and means to stop the electorate's will
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I literally said it was bourgeois competing for proletarian votes. The classes have different roles that make up a system. The electorate has more power regardless.
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You are literally
exposing fascist 
class collaboration mythology 
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Yes but its clear you don't even know what his analysis is because he addresses the point
you made and you're just saying "but you vote so so it's not dictatorship" ignoring all the subterranean systems and corruption that facilitate actual change and project 
power 
through the system 
as a whole
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Dictatorship implies the total and open rule of one man (or in this case, a class), a Dictator. This does not match that.
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It
If you don't see that in the U.S. you need to wake up brother
and get with the program 
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Marx gets proven right about class conflict and capitalism's internal contradictions multiple times per century, he is literally a better prophet than any other prophet in history
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Honestly, i always vote as well, but from my perspective (im europoor) i literally dont have faith in the system due to some of their decisions. But i am also not saying democracy doesnt work.
Im not from there but lets say when germany now decided they will bring gaza refugees (might be fake news but humor me), where could a german vote for this?
There was no vote, the Germans swung full chud and are polling in favor for the far right because they have enough, the current government is shocked, what do they do? Invite more refugees before elections. Imo if they are going to make decisions that will detrimentally affect people's lives for a better economy or virtue signal to the UN, then put it up for vote. They won't though because they know it wouldn't pass.
I still believe democracy is the only system that works, but id like the ability to trigger referendums if say you gather enough signatures.
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Germans voted for the SPD (and the Greens, and the Left, and the FDP...), and the SPD are the ones making that call.
Maybe you should have voted AfD if you hate and/or fear refugees that much.
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I'm speaking theoretically as im not kraut, but your response is as dismissive as "oh you're poor? Maybe you should get a better job" since voting for a fringe party rarely does any good (im aware afd is gaining traction now)
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If every decision was put up for a vote we'd just have the most radical nuts that show up every week decide every policy. There's a reason we elect representatives.
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That's also true yeah
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I think he means democracy is captive to elite interest groups (which is true)
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