Voting Blues
So today's the big day ... time for less than 50% of the eligible voters (80% of whom are so utterly uninformed or misinformed that they shouldn't be allowed near a voting booth) to trudge to the polls and cast their ballots. The media is really rooting hard for the demopublicans to take the House and Senate, and they may well do it. Many of my friends and colleagues are no doubt all excited about this prospect. While I certainly would agree that the republicrats deserve a swift kick in the ass, I can't get too worked up about it. In fact, I would argue that voting is a wholly futile undertaking for the following reasons:
1. Since our system is wholly undemocratic to begin with, voting only helps those in power pretend that the system is open and fair. But it's fixed. The winner-take-all nature of it insures that both demopublicans and republicrats have to essentially stand for nothing and run to the middle. After winning, they then do whatever they can to sure up their bases (i.e. pork, grants, entitlements, etc.), while pretending to run to the middle.
2. No matter who wins, the taxpayer loses. Government will continue to get bigger, more intrusive, and more expensive.
3. Nothing significant will happen, regardless of who wins. We'll still be in Iraq. We'll still be in Afghanistan. We'll still have hoards of illegals crossing the borders to get in on the welfare state gravy train. We'll still have the Patriot Act looming over us.
4. Our domestic political situation is nothing but an endless series of "who robs from whom" pseudo-crises. The overwhelming majority of Americans are totally disinterested in freedom -- what they crave is security. Whether it's saving the children, subsidizing the old geezers' prescription drugs, saving tender liberal lungs from cigarette smoke, or making sure that not a single breast appears on TV during prime time, the sheeple will continue to look to government as a parent-figure, and expect government to solve all their problems and absolve them of all responsibility for their lives. If there aren't enough real problems, the politicians and do-gooders invent more.
5. This election is just a teaser, anyway. Once the dust clears for a few days, the real campaign will begin for the White House in 2008.
So have fun y'all ... it's like the song from South Park says:
Let's get out and vote - Let's make our voices heard
We've been given the right to choose between a douche and a turd
It's democracy in action - Put your freedom to the test
A big fat turd or a stupid douche - Which do you like best?
1. Since our system is wholly undemocratic to begin with, voting only helps those in power pretend that the system is open and fair. But it's fixed. The winner-take-all nature of it insures that both demopublicans and republicrats have to essentially stand for nothing and run to the middle. After winning, they then do whatever they can to sure up their bases (i.e. pork, grants, entitlements, etc.), while pretending to run to the middle.
2. No matter who wins, the taxpayer loses. Government will continue to get bigger, more intrusive, and more expensive.
3. Nothing significant will happen, regardless of who wins. We'll still be in Iraq. We'll still be in Afghanistan. We'll still have hoards of illegals crossing the borders to get in on the welfare state gravy train. We'll still have the Patriot Act looming over us.
4. Our domestic political situation is nothing but an endless series of "who robs from whom" pseudo-crises. The overwhelming majority of Americans are totally disinterested in freedom -- what they crave is security. Whether it's saving the children, subsidizing the old geezers' prescription drugs, saving tender liberal lungs from cigarette smoke, or making sure that not a single breast appears on TV during prime time, the sheeple will continue to look to government as a parent-figure, and expect government to solve all their problems and absolve them of all responsibility for their lives. If there aren't enough real problems, the politicians and do-gooders invent more.
5. This election is just a teaser, anyway. Once the dust clears for a few days, the real campaign will begin for the White House in 2008.
So have fun y'all ... it's like the song from South Park says:
Let's get out and vote - Let's make our voices heard
We've been given the right to choose between a douche and a turd
It's democracy in action - Put your freedom to the test
A big fat turd or a stupid douche - Which do you like best?
posted by DrJDG @ 14:53
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