What is Your Stake in Politics?

[NotCranky]

I thought Xboxboy’s recent question regarding what to do with suffrage in light of this gawd awful political landscape was interesting. Yours truly has abstained from voting for decades.I think of it as modest revoltionary response. Filling out a blank ballot is interesting.

I don’t have much of a direct stake represented by red or blue. Democrat rhetoric sentimentally represents me more than Republican, but their actions always amount to so much destruction in the end.

Seeing the political landscape as hopeless, I wonder what do other piggs have at stake that pushes them Republican or Democrat,if anything… .Why be content not to revolt, at least to the extent of not endorsing anyone?

Did I ask that correctly?

Is it that;

* I am a good boy or girl and do these political things just like mommy and daddy do, or did.
*You believe the system works pretty well?(just better with your party)
*Love of country? (as best supported by your party)
*Love of people? (as best supported by your party)
*Perception of Racial or gender power?
*Is it for support of religious convictions?
*Supposed Hawkish vs. Dovish tendencies?
*Greater access to money?
*Are you a paid shill directly or indirectly?
*Are you afraid to look apathetic and unsophisticated by dropping out?
*A combination of these things and some others?

[briansd1]

To me, it all about the love of your fellow humans.

Love is a actually too strong of a word because I certainly don’t love strangers that I don’t know.

For me, it’s a all about social equity and inclusion.

For example, I support including unauthorized immigrants who have been here for years or decades into our society. They are already here.

The alternatives of keeping on excluding them (as in apartheid) or deporting them are inhumane.

[briansd1]

To me, it all about the love of your fellow humans.

Love is a actually too strong of a word because I certainly don’t love strangers that I don’t know.

For me, it’s a all about social equity and inclusion.

For example, I support including unauthorized immigrants who have been here for years or decades into our society. They are already here.

The alternatives of keeping on excluding them (as in apartheid) or deporting them are inhumane.

[briansd1]

To me, it all about the love of your fellow humans.

Love is a actually too strong of a word because I certainly don’t love strangers that I don’t know.

For me, it’s a all about social equity and inclusion.

For example, I support including unauthorized immigrants who have been here for years or decades into our society. They are already here.

The alternatives of keeping on excluding them (as in apartheid) or deporting them are inhumane.

[briansd1]

To me, it all about the love of your fellow humans.

Love is a actually too strong of a word because I certainly don’t love strangers that I don’t know.

For me, it’s a all about social equity and inclusion.

For example, I support including unauthorized immigrants who have been here for years or decades into our society. They are already here.

The alternatives of keeping on excluding them (as in apartheid) or deporting them are inhumane.

[briansd1]

To me, it all about the love of your fellow humans.

Love is a actually too strong of a word because I certainly don’t love strangers that I don’t know.

For me, it’s a all about social equity and inclusion.

For example, I support including unauthorized immigrants who have been here for years or decades into our society. They are already here.

The alternatives of keeping on excluding them (as in apartheid) or deporting them are inhumane.

[UCGal]

I vote, every election, for a few reasons:

– There’s usually a lesser of evils choice… While I might not like either candidate – typically one is significantly worse, in my view.

– I want to cancel out the vote of one specific coworker who is just wrong on most everything. He votes – so I have to vote to cancel his vote. This is a surprisingly strong motivation. Petty? Probably. But it gets me to the polls.

– I feel like if I don’t vote – I can’t gripe about the politicians that got into office despite my vote against them. I feel more vested in the system, and less hypocritical about griping about the idiots knowing I voted against them.

[UCGal]

I vote, every election, for a few reasons:

– There’s usually a lesser of evils choice… While I might not like either candidate – typically one is significantly worse, in my view.

– I want to cancel out the vote of one specific coworker who is just wrong on most everything. He votes – so I have to vote to cancel his vote. This is a surprisingly strong motivation. Petty? Probably. But it gets me to the polls.

– I feel like if I don’t vote – I can’t gripe about the politicians that got into office despite my vote against them. I feel more vested in the system, and less hypocritical about griping about the idiots knowing I voted against them.

[UCGal]

I vote, every election, for a few reasons:

– There’s usually a lesser of evils choice… While I might not like either candidate – typically one is significantly worse, in my view.

– I want to cancel out the vote of one specific coworker who is just wrong on most everything. He votes – so I have to vote to cancel his vote. This is a surprisingly strong motivation. Petty? Probably. But it gets me to the polls.

– I feel like if I don’t vote – I can’t gripe about the politicians that got into office despite my vote against them. I feel more vested in the system, and less hypocritical about griping about the idiots knowing I voted against them.

[UCGal]

I vote, every election, for a few reasons:

– There’s usually a lesser of evils choice… While I might not like either candidate – typically one is significantly worse, in my view.

– I want to cancel out the vote of one specific coworker who is just wrong on most everything. He votes – so I have to vote to cancel his vote. This is a surprisingly strong motivation. Petty? Probably. But it gets me to the polls.

– I feel like if I don’t vote – I can’t gripe about the politicians that got into office despite my vote against them. I feel more vested in the system, and less hypocritical about griping about the idiots knowing I voted against them.

[UCGal]

I vote, every election, for a few reasons:

– There’s usually a lesser of evils choice… While I might not like either candidate – typically one is significantly worse, in my view.

– I want to cancel out the vote of one specific coworker who is just wrong on most everything. He votes – so I have to vote to cancel his vote. This is a surprisingly strong motivation. Petty? Probably. But it gets me to the polls.

– I feel like if I don’t vote – I can’t gripe about the politicians that got into office despite my vote against them. I feel more vested in the system, and less hypocritical about griping about the idiots knowing I voted against them.

[enron_by_the_sea]

We may not realize it but we are one of the most fortunate people living on this plant – ever!!!

Generations before us endured wars, famines, tyrants, slavary, bigotry, genocides, diasters and god knows what to bring us to this point.

In that context the system we have today works pretty well. Sure there are minor issues that we debate and don’t like. But hey, we have our life and liberty and freedoms. Our forefathers could only dream of those.

But nothing should be taken for granted. If we don’t vote and wisely choose and actively participate as much as we can in this system, then we can’t expect the system to survive.

So while I may be frustrated with both parties and politicians, I still do my best to choose lesser of the evils and make sure that there are checks and balances in the system. If we all just gave up, how long before we will descend into anarchy (historically the most common state of humanity)?

So I have decided to become a “checks and balances” voter. If Dems are capturing congress I would vote for a republican president and vice versa. The gridlock seems to serve the system well.

[enron_by_the_sea]

We may not realize it but we are one of the most fortunate people living on this plant – ever!!!

Generations before us endured wars, famines, tyrants, slavary, bigotry, genocides, diasters and god knows what to bring us to this point.

In that context the system we have today works pretty well. Sure there are minor issues that we debate and don’t like. But hey, we have our life and liberty and freedoms. Our forefathers could only dream of those.

But nothing should be taken for granted. If we don’t vote and wisely choose and actively participate as much as we can in this system, then we can’t expect the system to survive.

So while I may be frustrated with both parties and politicians, I still do my best to choose lesser of the evils and make sure that there are checks and balances in the system. If we all just gave up, how long before we will descend into anarchy (historically the most common state of humanity)?

So I have decided to become a “checks and balances” voter. If Dems are capturing congress I would vote for a republican president and vice versa. The gridlock seems to serve the system well.

[enron_by_the_sea]

We may not realize it but we are one of the most fortunate people living on this plant – ever!!!

Generations before us endured wars, famines, tyrants, slavary, bigotry, genocides, diasters and god knows what to bring us to this point.

In that context the system we have today works pretty well. Sure there are minor issues that we debate and don’t like. But hey, we have our life and liberty and freedoms. Our forefathers could only dream of those.

But nothing should be taken for granted. If we don’t vote and wisely choose and actively participate as much as we can in this system, then we can’t expect the system to survive.

So while I may be frustrated with both parties and politicians, I still do my best to choose lesser of the evils and make sure that there are checks and balances in the system. If we all just gave up, how long before we will descend into anarchy (historically the most common state of humanity)?

So I have decided to become a “checks and balances” voter. If Dems are capturing congress I would vote for a republican president and vice versa. The gridlock seems to serve the system well.

[enron_by_the_sea]

We may not realize it but we are one of the most fortunate people living on this plant – ever!!!

Generations before us endured wars, famines, tyrants, slavary, bigotry, genocides, diasters and god knows what to bring us to this point.

In that context the system we have today works pretty well. Sure there are minor issues that we debate and don’t like. But hey, we have our life and liberty and freedoms. Our forefathers could only dream of those.

But nothing should be taken for granted. If we don’t vote and wisely choose and actively participate as much as we can in this system, then we can’t expect the system to survive.

So while I may be frustrated with both parties and politicians, I still do my best to choose lesser of the evils and make sure that there are checks and balances in the system. If we all just gave up, how long before we will descend into anarchy (historically the most common state of humanity)?

So I have decided to become a “checks and balances” voter. If Dems are capturing congress I would vote for a republican president and vice versa. The gridlock seems to serve the system well.

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