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i dont know how important it is to vote in itself.
i really dont.
i think this is an area where each person ends up having to weigh a variety of factors, many of which have already been outlined above.
i dont think the american system is really democratic--but this may or may not have a bearing on how i act within it.
i dont find candidates who speak anything like my views, so generally vote against rather than for.
this is a crappy position to be in, really.
does that mean you should or should not vote?
i dont know.
see, i dont think there's a principled answer to this.
maybe because if i find myself voting against rather than for, election participation in the context of the american oligarchy is as much therapeutic (wanting to feel like i've "done my bit") as a matter of anything approaching principle (except in the reasons behind voting against)...so i'm not even sure that my disposition toward the election process is transposable to anyone else.
basically, i think you have to just make a decision.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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