Voting, Is there a point anymore? Options

[pandora]

Is voting in a fundamentally flawed political system worthwhile today?

[michellerrific]

I don't think it's as flawed as some people like to think it is. I mean, if there was no voting at all, don't you think the government would always be picking favorites, and the world would be more unfair than ever? I think voting can help bring up substantial issues that people actually want to hear about. Think about the communists, or former monarchies and empires that didn't quite have a say in who gets to lead or who makes decisions- they pretty much resulted in turmoil.

[ersatz]

Voting is just fine and dandy, but the electoral college is shit. However, if we're talking about the entire election + governmental system, I do think that there should be a small force of people in power in a country rather than just the one and every time a new law was to be passed, the people of the country would get a survey in the mail that would tell the little group what they all think. The little group would then consider that, argue a bunch, and vote, and they would be controlling the laws.

[NoSex]

"What a bunch of garbage: liberal, democrat, conservative, republican. It's all there to control you; two sides of the same coin; two management teams bidding for control of the CEO job of Slavery Inc." - - Alex Jones (crazy bastard) in Waking Life [1]

To be jaded or apathetic (towards voting) isn't an unbelievable stance. Actually, it's of something I empathize with. Our political system, specifically the way we rear new candidates, is simply not advantageous to change or the consciousness of the average American. To mistake the two-party system as a choice is true foolishness. These people both have their hands in the pockets of the same corporations and the same interest parties. Truly, "two sides of the same coin." The potential for larger political or social change just isn't there.

If I vote, it won't be for what I believe in, it'll be what I disbelieve in most.