herbie herbie:
$1:
What if I told you that voting doesn't make you any less of a taxpaying drone that doesn't get to decide anything?
Then you'd be fooling yourself.
If I'm following your reasoning, electing a majority NDP gov't would force
them to show their hand and convince more people to think like you.Electing a Green majority would make
them not just show their hand but come a running, axe in hand.
Yeah, we have a reduced say, mainly because we elected those who reduced our say and ate up their bullshit like it was honey.
I think he's saying that none of the major parties really represent his interests, which is true, by the sound of things as he's described his situation. Personally, I didn't vote for anybody, since I didn't see any of the parties as all that spectacular, I voted against Harper.
But we have to recognize that we're never going to get a perfect govt that fits our views. How many voters are there? Each one thinks the govt should represent his wishes, so we're being pulled in 20+ million directions. And, in the Western world, we've made a deal with those that hold the real power - leave us a bit, you get the cream and we'll keep playing the game. This is true even of the NDP.
But you should still vote, just to show you care. Vote for an independent, if one of them seems closer to your ideal. Or just the green party, that certainly shakes up the powers that be a bit. Or I was serious. If it costs $1000 to run as a candidate, get some people together to chip in so one person can run. At least that way you're trying, instead of wanking off waiting for the revolution.
While I don't really care if the libs or dems win, I would have liked to see an NDP govt just to shake things up a bit and get the righties all rattled. It's nothing much, but it's something.