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[–]astronautrob 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Anyone who cares about who actually "won" the election is the real dupe. They're both playing for the same team. And the real traitors are all of us who participate in the circus that legitimizes the process. If we all didn't vote, and instead called for a general strike on election day, then there would be no way we'd be having this silly conversation. The reason we are is because people do vote for this person or that person. You participate and therefore you legitimize. If all of us were protesting on election day instead of voting and Biden got 20 votes and Trump got 10 then the whole process would be illegitimate. See what I'm saying here? But because we are mostly compelled to vote for one or the other, and not given a chance to abstain or vote against the legitimacy of the process itself, the only other option is to not vote at all. Voting legitimizes the process, period.

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You are totally right, rob. I've been saying this since I left highschool, and people keep acting like I'm the one who shit the bed.

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They'll act like that. Sheep tend to do things like that. It took me a long time to realize this myself. Having the option to abstain from voting because you disagree with the legitimacy of the process, and being able to indicate that on a ballot, would be a game changer. Think if even 50% of voters abstained, and I think it'd be bigger # than that, but even that would make the whole thing illigitimate