Lauren Fox @laurenfoxwrites.bsky.social

And unfortunately some well-meaning people fall for it, thinking not voting would work the same way as boycotting a business.

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Rutrow @rutrow.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 04:06 UTC

It's like the dudes who make an agreement with their lady that neither of them vote, since they'd just cancel each others votes.... Then goes and votes anyway. 🤨

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Seegras @seegras.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 10, 2024 at 22:27 UTC

Yeah. The way to tell that you care, but all choices are bad, would be to cast an empty vote. But not voting says "do as you please".

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Torr Leonard 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 25, 2024 at 20:52 UTC

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 10, 2024 at 22:13 UTC

That's right. The correct way of dealing with a government when democracy doesn't work isn't a boycott, it's a revolution.

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CaseyL @caseyl.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 10, 2024 at 22:55 UTC

Not to mention, refusing to vote means the people you least want in office need fewer votes to win. That is: in a voting area with (say) 100 voters, if 20 sit out the election, that means 80 are voting, and only 41 are needed to win.

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