Note from Mike
Krieger
"As a
father, I want to raise responsible adults, which is why my wife and I will not
be heading to the polls this election. Previously, I would have seen this
stance as many people do: as an irresponsible act. Both Democrats and
Republicans support militarism, taxation, spying on us, inflation,
redistribution of wealth, Keynesian economics and corporatism once they get in
office. My children need not to identify with this group of sociopaths,
so to vote would be a bad example for them." Simply put, The
lesser of two evils is still evil
----
The Note from Mike Krieger,
Before I get to the Dissident
Dad’s latest post, I want to provide my own perspective with regard
to this very important debate. While I agree that voting is generally
meaningless in our current system, this is because the two choices we are given
are 99% of the time captured cronies of the two corrupt political parties.
So this begs the question, can
we ever get real choices on the ballot? I believe we can, but we need a much
larger percentage of the population aware and engaged. While I completely
respect the decision to not vote for either false choice (for example,
in Colorado both choices for Governor are horrific), I hope people
who make this choice don’t altogether give up on grassroots activism and
civil disobedience, but rather direct their energy elsewhere.
The Ritual of Voting
by the Dissident Dad
by the Dissident Dad
This year, my wife and I will – for the second time in
our adult lives – not vote. Previously, I would have seen this stance
as many people do: as an irresponsible act. The ritual of voting
is very much like taking communion in church for half of this country.
As a father, I want to raise responsible adults, which is
why my wife and I will not be heading to the polls this election.
I want to always help my children understand that they are
sovereign men and women, and have no obligation to any government.
When it comes to voting, my wife and I are personally opting
out of the system. There are a lot of reasons for us not to vote, but at the
core it comes down to not wanting to enforce our will on others. I’m fine with
making our voices heard, but when the vote has a direct impact on how much
money is stolen from another family, I want nothing to do with it.
Both Democrats and Republicans
support militarism, taxation, spying on us, inflation, redistribution of
wealth, Keynesian economics and corporatism once they get in office.
My children need not to identify with this group of
sociopaths, so to vote would be a bad example for them. Plus, as my friend Doug
Casey has noted, voting just encourages them – the politicians, that is.
Whether you’re voting for or against someone, winning an election gives the
politician a sense of a mandate that they are obligated to create new rules,
taxes and redistribution of wealth schemes to satisfy their voting bloc. That
somehow they are in the right, because no matter how sick their political
philosophy is, the majority has demanded they implement it into the minority’s
lives.
The current options for voting
within the system has conditioned Americans into becoming busybodies. We’re
always given the choice of taking away the rights of others, stealing their
property through taxation, and creating new laws for minority groups. Or worse,
outright murdering people overseas because they consider our tens of thousands
of troops, drones and ships off their coastlines a threat to their own national
sovereignty.
I believe that intentionally not voting will serve as a
positive reinforcement for my kids that you don’t have to comply with society’s
expectations and you never have to take part in the lesser of two evils. The lesser of two evils is still evil.
The oligarchs laugh at all us
plebs on Election Day because they know that no matter what we do, they’re
going get what they want. If you voted for Bush, you got Ben
Bernanke as the master of your dollar’s value and chief of banker bailouts. If
you voted for Obama, who was supposed to be the anti-Bush, guess what; you
still got Ben Bernanke as master of your dollar’s value and chief of banker
bailouts.
Raising responsible adults in a
world that is completely upside down continues to be my most difficult task as
a father. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, your own
personal choice between mainstream and independent thought is the easy
part. What becomes far less manageable are your very own loved ones:
family, friends, and neighbors who are fully part of the system and who blindly
endorse its atrocities against mankind and defend the oligarchs every step of
the way.
This is why not voting for my family has to be more than
just a political protest, but something I will have to defend and take the time
to explain at family gatherings.
For my children, I want them to
know that the system is not their friend. It doesn’t mean that
people who live within the system are our enemy; it just means that as
sovereign people, we have no obligation to it, and it’s not us who should be
embarrassed for not embracing it. Instead, it’s the thieves and busybodies who
partake in the theft of someone else’s wealth — and even their lives — every
time they prop up one these central planners.
Oh, and while we’re on the topic of sham elections and
corrupt, insane politicians. Make sure you
watch the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIMgfBZrrZ8
AND enjoy this one
too, with George Carlin:
=====
SELECTED ARTICLES ON US ELECTIONS:
Spoilt vote - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia In voting, a ballot is
considered spoilt, spoiled, void, null, informal, or stray if election authorities declare it invalid and thus do not
include it in the vote count. This may occur accidentally or
deliberately. The total number of spoilt votes in a United States election has
been called the residual vote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoilt_vote
-----
Electoral Systems - Georgetown University For example, assume that we have an election
with 1,000 total voters in ... That is, parties must get at least 7% of
the total valid votes cast in order to ...
-----
FEDERAL ELECTIONS 2012 - Federal Election
Commission “Total Votes,”
“Total State Votes,” “Party Votes,” and “District Votes”
represent all the valid votes cast for the ...
-----
-----
Approval Voting Versus IRV - The Center for
Election Science about alternatives to current mess, here is one http://www.electology.org/#!approval-voting-versus-irv/c1mmu
. IRV= instant runoff voting. This is a PRO business & hedge
incorporated project: “No "spoilers"! Voters can hedge their bets by
adding another vote for a more viable candidate.” (http://www.electology.org/#!press-release-22413/cgfn) Spoilers & third choice is incorporated:
“Approval voting completely eliminates the “spoiler” problem, whereas IRV
mitigates it. To the right is a video explanation by CES co-founder and math
Ph.D. Andrew Jennings on how IRV lets in spoilers. VIDEO URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JtKAScORevQ The
Center for Election Science offers this alternative http://www.electology.org/#!approval-voting-versus-irv/c1mmu plus VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JtKAScORevQ
Approval Voting Gets Its Long-Overdue, Animated Explainer Video May 2, 2013.( http://www.electology.org/#!5213-press-release/cb1x )
Approval voting is a simple alternative voting method
that solves many of our problems at the voting booth. And it's finally gotten
its own explainer video: http://igg.me/at/approvalvoting/x/288320 . AND this Center also launched a
fundraiser at: http://www.electology.org/#!press-release-22413/cgfn
-----
Caltech/MIT Voting
Technology Project, Residual Votes Attributable to Technology: An Assessment
of the Reliability of Existing Voting Equipment, version2 , 3 Mar. 2001, http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~voting/CalTech_MIT_Report_Version2.pdf
-----
Voter ID Implementation - Secretary of State Beginning with the June 3, 2014 primary election,
Act 2011-673 requires an Alabama voter to have a specific type of photo
identification at the polls in order to vote. ... Valid
Federal Issued ID; Valid US Passport; Valid Employee ID from
Federal ... A voter who is required to present valid photo
identification but who does not ...
-----
Criteria to Determine when Votes should Count
as Valid — votes that are blank (there is no
marking on the ballot); votes that identify the voter, ... The rules for
criteria to determine a valid vote need to be clear, yet the ...
-----
Epic switch endangers U.S. election validity Sep
9, 2014 - Epic change endangers U.S. election validity ... “Some voters
may not have the means or the ability to present the required voter
identification ...
----
Virginia election board makes voter ID
requirements more ... The
Washington Post. Aug 7, 2014 - To cast a ballot, voters now must present
a current photo ID or one that ... to the general election in November,
when voters will cast ballots in a U.S. Senate ...
----
Do non-citizens vote in U.S. elections? A
reply to our critics ... www.washingtonpost.com/.. Why the measures we use are valid and reliable ... that they are
non-citizens, registered to vote, or a voter in U.S. elections.
-----
How to vote for a write-in candidate Maryland
State Board of Elections. Writing the last name will constitute a valid vote,
unless there is more than one ... To vote for a person whose name is not
listed on the ballot, you must follow ...
-----
Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About
Voter ID Laws. Prior to the 2006 election, no
state ever required a voter to ... a law that was upheld two years later by the
U.S. Supreme Court. ... These states won't allow voters to cast a
regular ballot without first showing valid photo ID.
=====
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario