You don't vote, you don't matter.
An interesting choice of words, as I'm sure you'll agree. One I ran into on my Facebook feed, which today has become flooded with "I voted" announcements. Like you got engaged or had a baby or took some other such hugely significant next step. Good for you, as long as you're happy.
Pictures of queues at the voting stations and thousands of people convinced they are going to make a change. And maybe they are, I don't know.
I'm not here to tell them they're wrong. Personally, I don't believe in elections. Mainly because politics are a rigged game. And if X or Y candidate made it in such a position of power, then I very much doubt they're intact, that they're really this savior everyone's hailing.
It's a nice thought - we vote for Joe and Joe will give bigger salaries and better jobs and healthcare. Except Joe doesn't and we forget and in two years time, we'll be out on the street yelling for Joe to be sacked. But we put Joe there, remember? It's a neverending circle, one I'm not really interested in joining.
Why?
Well, mainly because not one political party has convinced me they're worth my vote. In my country, a lot of people are against the party that is now in power. Makes sense, I guess, surely they have a lot of bad things on their rap sheet. But so do the other parties. The one already in power haven't convinced me they're worth going out in the street for. But neither have the opposition.
It's very trendy, especially among the Facebook crowd, to be against the political party in charge. Not necessarily for any other party. Only goes to show, since there are two leading alternatives and it doesn't seem to matter much who you vote for, just as long as it ain't the ones we have already. But why? Why should I be swayed by this movement led by hate and rancor?
I don't find myself there. I am not sheep. I am not cattle. I refuse to go with the flow or post trendy pictures of my voting card or fall in love with the first smooth-tongued liar that comes along. I mean, if I do, he'd better have some tattoos and a motorcycle, at least. And none of these fuckers seem to.
So, the candidates themselves haven't managed to sway me either way. Who else should? Their supporters? God forbid, they're one worse than the other. Both sides are so riddled with cruelty, hatred, snobbery. They're petty and small-minded, at least when it comes to politics, and I refuse to be one of them.
See, I don't like being part of the crowd and I'm inclined not to vote today in the EU elections simply out of spite, to be different. But I know that's not the answer, so I sat down and thought about it. Honestly, simply. Is there anyone I feel would make a change for the better? Is there anyone I actually wish would be in charge of representing our fair country? No.
It's my choice what I do today. And I'm sorry, OP, but I do matter. That's exactly the sort of mindset that puts me off these voting sheep. As long as I don't follow suit, I don't matter. As long as I'm not like you, I don't matter. Thanks. It's good to know.
- It's meaningless. This country was bought and sold a long time ago.
- If you vote, you got no right to complain.
I agree. Let's skip ahead a little. In the winter, we're going to have to elect a new President. And either the "bad" guy wins, the one belonging to the "bad" political party or the "good" guy wins, the one this "you don't matter" mob are all supporting. And I'll bet you an arm and a leg in a couple years time, they'll be out in the streets again complaining about the fucker. Or about his government or about something else they had a hand in electing in the first place.
Doesn't anyone see they're no better off than they were ten years ago? Doesn't anyone see that this game that is politics is just another source of entertainment, which serves primarily to keep the masses pitted against each other?
Fuck, man, but when you laugh and mock the other side's supporters because they're poor (has happened here, I'm sad to say), then you are the problem with our world. Not the politicians in charge. They're just a result.
PS: Whatever political inclination/interest/morbid fascination you have, please please do not comment with it. Don't try to convince me to vote, to explain to me why I'm wrong or why your guy is better. Or why the guy in charge is wrong. I'm really not interested and your comments will go ignored. You will not change my mind. Not because I'm narrow-minded or stubborn, not because I choose to walk the earth with my eyes tightly shut. But because I've thought about it. For me. And I know what I want and what's important, in my opinion. I don't have to agree with you and I am happy with my choice. Thank you.