Copperfield
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Of course not. The act itself of going to vote is a legitimization of the system in that there is an implication that if you vote, you have to accept the results (even if it's grudging acceptance). You can be unhappy with the result. You can even be disgusted with the result. But you still consented to the ultimate result by casting your vote (any vote). By voting, you consent to the system as it has been designed. Now that you have given your consent to the system, you have legitimized everything it does in your name. Theft, pillage, murder. You own it. You didn't abstain.
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And if you abstain you still consent. To stay is the consent. To not consent requires that one leave or stage a coup/revolution.
[quote pid='13075' dateline='1479251825']
Of course not. The act itself of going to vote is a legitimization of the system in that there is an implication that if you vote, you have to accept the results (even if it's grudging acceptance). You can be unhappy with the result. You can even be disgusted with the result. But you still consented to the ultimate result by casting your vote (any vote). By voting, you consent to the system as it has been designed. Now that you have given your consent to the system, you have legitimized everything it does in your name. Theft, pillage, murder. You own it. You didn't abstain.
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And if you abstain you still consent. To stay is the consent. To not consent requires that one leave or stage a coup/revolution.