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Afforess | 11 months ago

Voting is the minimum of civic duty, not the maximum.

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sheepscreek|11 months ago

Regarding civic duty, I would start by “being civil with your fellow citizens”. The irony is not lost on me.

Edit: To be clear, my comment is not aimed at you. I mean we’re missing the A in the ABCs of civic duty. It’s each person for themselves.

Afforess|11 months ago

How was my response uncivil? Your reply is bad faith because it provides no evidence.

tombert|11 months ago

Sure. What are you doing outside of voting?

bongodongobob|11 months ago

Civil disobedience. There's an entire spectrum of what you can do with that.

Afforess|11 months ago

I’m an active DSA member. What about you?

timewizard|11 months ago

Voting is not a civic duty. I have every right NOT to vote. It's my voice and I can use it as I please. Forcing me into a ballot box to pick between two awful choices is not civilized.

amanaplanacanal|11 months ago

As a wise man once said, there may not be anybody you are excited to vote for, but there is almost certainly somebody you would like to vote against.

tombert|11 months ago

I didn't force you to do anything. No one did. I'm just judging you.

someothherguyy|11 months ago

In non-individualist thought, voting might be seen as a ethical duty to protect fellow citizens from harm.

charlie90|11 months ago

If you dont like any of the candidates, run yourself.

Choosing to do nothing is declaring that you dont care.