280 sats \ 5 replies \ @orthzar 10 Nov 2022 \ on: Did you vote? bitcoin
I haven't voted for over 10 years now. After seeing the atrocities that states commit regularly, I don't want even the slightest association with any state. Afterall, if the voters are truly in charge of the State, then the voters are responsible for whatever the State does.
I feel you but if you don’t vote, you’re putting others interests before your own. Even if both candidates suck, choosing the lesser evil is important. Many problems we have are because we have such poor voter turnout.
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Voter turnout is a proportional vote of confidence in the State itself. The more people vote, the more the State feels it has justification to multiply it's atrocities.
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Lot of content in that Wikipedia link, what were you referring to specifically?
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The atrocities of the Yemen war are neatly summarized in the Casualties and Losses part of the right-hand sidebar (sorry, there's no link for that). Notice that over 377,000 civilians have been killed and over 4 million have been displaced.
The US is providing money, weapons, logistics, and intel to the Saudi-led coalition. It is a US war in every way except the flag on the uniforms of the troops on the ground.
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Thanks I get your point. If you are a US citizen, voting is a way you can influence some of the people making these decisions (I.e. maybe Bernie wouldn’t have funded Saudis like this) so I don’t think people voting is a real influence here
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