No
Well then, I finally made a final decision on voting. I placed my absentee ballot, and all of the voter pamphlets and propaganda that came with it, in the trash. There was nothing in particular that prompted this, just the accumulation of disgust the more I listened to any of the candidates.
So, I will not vote. I will not be skipping the vote out of apathy but as a statement, albeit a negative one. I say
no to government. I say
no to murder and theft. I say if the American Empire is to attempt to conquer the world it will be without my approval and without my cooperation. I do not acknowledge the right of the Empire to run my life, nor to spread death and destruction around the world. Therefore I will not lend legitimacy to the fraud that is American democracy by pretending I believe that it is anything other than a stage play designed to conceal the fact that the Empire is ruled by a tiny oligarchy of the extremely wealthy. To pretend this "democracy" is real simply plays into the hands of the rulers. Not that it would be much better if it was a real democracy of course ;-) The simple fact that 50% + 1 decide to use force to steal 1/3 of my money makes it no less a criminal act. Same with killing people in other countries and so on.