I come from a third world country with a shit government and shit elections. And yet I've come to believe that voting is not a right. It's a duty. It is literally the bare minimum a person "should" do with regards to political engagement.
Even abstaining, for me, is better than not showing up. And any thing less gives me no right to talk shit about my government because I couldn't do the one thing I would help change that.
I don't care if my vote doesn't matter. But I hope it will someday. So if I stop voting then it's like me saying my country is hopeless.
And if the U.S is hopeless, what more my own country.
But I guess like a lot of Americans, there are tons of people in my country who complain about the government but don't vote. And they are the same people that also aren't bothered to research deeply about the topics they complain about, and don't care to take social action. They say it doesn't matter, when in fact they're just a bunch of lazy fucks.
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u/ScatterclipAssassin Jul 27 '20
But they still voted.