20 reasons not to vote!

1. If one votes, one participates. If one participates, one condones and endorses
the process, and subsequently, what those elected ‘representatives’ do and say in
your name.

2. Electoral promises are meaningless because politicians are able to lie to gain
the favour of the electorate, and then do exactly what they want once they have it.
Then there is no accountability or recourse, other than waiting another 4 years or
so to vote them out and replace them with someone else who will follow the
established template and do the exact same thing.

3. The act of voting grants legitimacy to the idea that it’s acceptable for the
majority/collective to use the coercive arm of the state to impose their will on
the minority/individual using force, or threat of force, and for that reason, it is
immoral to vote. As such, the only way to truly de-legitimise the system is by not
voting. When the people refuse to participate in droves the international community
can no longer recognise the results of the election as legitimate. This perceived
legitimacy is such a concern for politicians that in some countries it’s now a
legal requirement to vote (e.g., Australia).

4. A non-voter emerges from the electoral process with a clean conscience because
they can legitimately proclaim that what the elected ‘representatives’ subsequently
say and do after they have gained power is not done in their name, not with their
permission, and not with their encouragement.

5. To not vote DOES NOT mean one relinquishes the right to then comment on,
complain about, or protest the actions of the government, it is completely the
other way round. When one votes one effectively makes a contractual agreement (the
voter is officially recorded doing so), which hands over the right for someone else
to speak and act in their name, and as such, assents to whatever the government
does thereafter. A non-voter however, has not done so, and therefore retains the
right to complain, object and protest all they want.

6. Participation in the system (i.e., voting) reinforces the idea that people can’t
live together without violent control.

7. Participation in the system (i.e., voting) implies that the majority knows
what’s best for everyone.

8. Participation in the system (i.e., voting) implies that the majority knows
what’s best for the individual.

9. Voting is effectively participating in mob rule, and the mob then enforces it’s
views on the rest of society with the threat of violence.

10. By voting, an individual literally advocates the use of force against peaceful
people.

11. Voting reinforces the idea the ‘people’ have the power rather than the largely
unaccountable bureaucrats who make the rules.

12. Voting is futile because invariably the better financed candidate wins.

13. Statistically, any one vote makes no more difference than a single grain of
sand on a beach. Thinking that their vote counts tends to give the voter a
mistakenly inflated sense of self-worth, and participation in a system creates a
passive sense of accomplishment.
14. An individual’s ability to make an informed choice is zero if the only
information they reference is from the overtly bias main stream media, government
news channels (propaganda), politicians and party manifestos (sales pitch), or from
an ‘enforced’ state school education (indoctrination).

15. Voting sends a false signal to the elected politicians that the voter approves
of all their policies. Voters therefore encourage them.

16. If an individual has not come to firm conclusion about the election, that
individual will do more for their country/community by not voting, rather than
making a mistake.

17. If the outcome of a vote is unknown, then voting is tantamount to gambling. If

the outcome of a vote is known, then voting is futile.

18. No individual has the authority to make laws their neighbour, or anyone else,
must obey. Then how is it morally acceptable for any individual to delegate
authority they don’t have to someone else, such as a politician?

19. Should people who know more about game shows, sports, reality TV and
celebrities, rather than matters of any real importance (economics, political
philosophy, history, logic, critical thinking, etc) be in a position to vote and
influence the lives of others?

20. Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting evil.

The 20 reasons not to vote boil down to this:

If you are not a Voluntaryist, then by definition you are an Involuntaryist, and as
such, personally advocate the initiation of force, or threat of force against
people who haven’t threatened or harmed anyone. Therefore, for every person in the
world one of these statements is true:

1) “I advocate a society whereby people are free to voluntarily interact with one
another.”
2) “I advocate the use of force, or threat of force, against innocent people, in
order to make them comply with my opinions and preferences.”

If the first statement refers to you, then DON’T VOTE.