Topic: Voting is harmful. Don't do it (Read 219 times)

All the activities that are taking place in the current politics do not match the politics of the past. Because now the law is made according to their own will, but if a person protests against it, a charge sheet is definitely prepared against him. Where the punishment is death as the maximum, no one takes any action against any polity for fear of it, so only those in power remain in power at present. That's why no person has to be elected by voting, they are winning themselves by misusing their power, this is the condition of the top politicians of my country.

amen

But even if you don't vote , can you change anything? Can you overthrow the government or eliminate them? No , you can't do anything and you will still end up being managed and controlled by the government even if you don't vote. If you vote instead, at least you are giving your country a chance to choose a better leader to change your country for the better.

I know the evil and badness of politics but don't forget that we live in a centralized world and the government is the one who controls everything, whether we like it or not it happens and we cannot change that . In this case , we have no other choice.

I have heard of many people refusing to vote because of the system but I think it is even more harmful to not vote. At least when you vote you are given a chance to make a difference and not just let the evil take over. You are basically making their jobs easier by not voting and trying to go against what you call tyranny. I often think  that people who are not directly oppressed and are privileged are the ones who do not want to vote.

If you know what it feels like to be on the shorter end of the stick then you would know better than to not vote

Let me flow in a bit line with you OP... Yeah, it really feeds bad that the masses will be endivoired to vote their rightful candidates but to an extend due to political structures the majority of voters does not have their voted candidate the winner. That is underrating the voters or masses entirely.

Secondly either who is the peoples choice or whoever that occupies the winning positions, when they resumes offices, they do not prioritize their governance based on the actual need of the people instead, they government is the people made of the masses is being ruined and government based on their various political interests.

This actually has become trending in the political governing system which its advancement is leading to more frightening and corruptions that the world is only advancing up to technologically where the governments spends more money to produce unnecessary technologies such as weapons, malicious software programs and then, they expects and designs crisis in advance by themselves and then, let the masses befalls the victims yet, all for selfish interests. Instead of focusing more on the peoples need such as education, economy good health and other necessary infrastructures.

They typically infects the peoples minds with evil doings such as the the bridge of love and unity all just for what the dirty games of the politics demands.

But yet OP, we can not vulnerably submit to them like that. There is still hope that the world would be a better place as much not everyone is corrupted even though the system of the governance is.
We just have to participate on our best until the right candidate resumes the governing positions and make the world a better place for everyone and only when our votes counts and the rightful candidate (s)  emerges winner then we can achieve the massive World instead of a political world.
So, never give up in the voting system because it is not an option. We just have to keep trying over and over until our expectations are achieved. It is just matter of time.

If they do, then one is supposed to vote them out and put someone who actually does a good work in their place instead. That is how democracy is supposed to work, at least in paper.
But in countries like the United States, there is a duopoly over the political power and the state, people do not have a choice but  to vote of one of the big political parties which rule over the whole country, that is not healthy for democracy and keeping the will of the people.
If the rest of the parties in the country had more spotlight and managed to break the duopoly of the democrat and republican party, it would be good. So those politicians would not take their jobs for granted and would care for actually doing the people's bidding, instead pleasing big corporations and donors.

And does voting make things better? There isn't a worst or less worse alternative. All of them are the same bullshit... People keep voting every 2 years of their lives and only see things getting worse and worse. So why should anyone continue doing this? It's actually insanity...

Between the legitimacy given to corrupt leaders by the majority of a dumb or equally corrupt population is the same as an illegitimate government placed there by no one.

And the masses will continue acting exactly like that. It has been like this since the beginning of this world. Remember that between Jesus and Barabbas, the crowds chose the outlaw prisioner and delivered Jesus to the death.

That is why each person has to take care their own lives and forget about fixing the problems of the world, which are out of our personal control.

think about it. in the upcoming US election if every single citizen refused to vote, the system would collapse. a societal conversation around a better way of governance would have to happen. a mad max situation would not happen. if people are really discontent and really are genuine about wanting change then refusing to vote is the best way to make change happen. continuing to vote makes the elites very happy. that why they roll out these huge propaganda campaigns with everyone's favourite celebrities to encourage people to vote. Even putin wants people in Russia to go out to vote. he gives them three days of national holiday at voting time to encourage them to vote

Voting is insane.Why would anyone elect a guardian to command his life. Only insane people have a guardian.

Will refusing to vote during elections make things better?Refusing to vote will only make the system even worse, it will help promote an illegitimate system where those who are there to rule the people will be accountable to no one because they were placed there by no one. This is the only chance the people have to correct their wrongs, so it's better they exercise their civic duty of voting during elections.

I have always said it, the reason these political leaders maltreat their subjects and forget in a hurry all their campaign promises is because the masses gave them the room to act the way they do. What do you expect from a political leader who bribed his way into office and who did he bribe? Still the same masses who complain every day about bad leadership. Until the masses learn to do the right thing, the same people whom they voted into office won't stop neglecting them.

the brainwashing is strong

^^^ Right. You vote them in. Then they do what they want.

Not voting is also harmful because you let the wrong candidate to win the election because the right candidate didn't get enough votes to win.

Many right wing people and organizations are rising at the present, so if you're an immigrant or minority race in the country where you live now, you're in danger. Racism and discrimination will rise, your live would be tougher than now.

So you need to vote even though you only contribute less than 0.001%

Why would you not use your very own weapon against the government that you're not in favor of when they don't things favorable to you? I know that it's different per country on how legislations are being made and how election does. But that very entitlement and authority you have must be used for its full potential. Don't waste your vote instead of not voting, choose wisely and vote for the leaders that you think has the same thoughts as you and has a genuine intention to help you and your countrymen to the best interest of all.

Use all the government free gifts. Just don't be the persons that use them. Rather, remain the man or woman that you are, but get the benefits through your persons.

Your advice though might have been given in a good fate but many people will perceive it in different ways. On the election day if you do not go out to vote, you have given the manipulators the automatic ticket to do whatever they like at ease. Even when you know that the system is rigged and your vote might not count, but you voting will also make it more difficult for them to manipulate it easily. There is no other democratic way that is proven to bring in the people's choice apart from voting, and it is not nice to abandon it because the system is faulty. The best thing is to practice and keep devicing means to improve the system believing that one day it will happen. Don't go out to vote and the same people will recycle themselves in the system and make laws that will even make your home uncomfortable for you. Do not give up, give your all and work with like minds to make a difference.

Yea, OP forgot that be it as it may, he is a part of the ecosystem. No one can honestly work in isolation. So, bring ideas to make good laws in the society and not to chicken away.

It is good to go out and vote because it is through voting that bad leaders can be elected out of power. If you don't go out to vote, you have given the corrupt leaders the advantage to out whoever they like in power because they will do the voting themselves.

However, there are some countries that voting is useless especially in a those third world countries that are very corrupt. The electorate body already knows who they will put in power but they will use election as a disguise to make sure that they follow the right process of putting the wrong person in power. Voting is useless in such countries because it is a waste of time and abuse of democracy.

You're against system where people is nothing more than economic units. That's ok. But also you shouldn't go to work, pay taxes, follow laws and etc. Because by doing that you legitimise that flawed system where people is just economic units.
Whether you're voting in elections or not, it doesn't changes anything in general.

For the average person voting for the main two parties doesn’t do much I guess. My life isn’t much different regardless of whoever is in power out of the Democrats or the Republicans. Whatever one promises & gives with one hand they just take with the other. I actually don’t vote but it’s for the reason I explained not because I think voting is harmful & random conspiracy theories.

people who died for the right to vote were incredibly stupid. humans in our earliest forms have been around for 6 millions years. we only started voting 2500 years ago in ancient greece. it is a dumb cruel experiment and that is becoming more and more obvious everyday. I don't promote a government. The idea of a government for man is undignified to say the least. Why should man be governed? Can man not govern himself? Had we not being doing that for millions of years until these empires imposed these shams on us?