At 5/5/15 07:47 PM, X-Gary-Gigax-X wrote:
Voting for me, Election Day, seems like just a formality for a peaceful exchange of power, something the U.S. has been the envy of the world for.
Envy of the world? Maybe a model to emulate but alot of countries have peaceful exchanges of power, like Nigeria.
I say it's just a facade because the events that matter are happening right now. 1. Picking the right guy or gal 2. Making sure he/she brings home the bacon.
That's why I agree with OP. You and I don't really have a say in who represents us. Now, with local power and local elections, you can have much more of a splash, which is why I urge anybody within earshot to partake in local governance as much and as annoyingly as possible, as the founders intended for problems to be solved. As locally as possible.
Now, my other reason for not voting is what can make be eligible for Fundies Say The Darndest Things! .com. I simply don't think we will ever have a growth in GDP ever again.
We are seeing a growth in GDP, we have been for several years now. If it were negative we'd still be in recession.
Or a reduction in our debt.
In terms of debt perhaps, because there's little benefit to paying it off, no one's going to let the world's largest economy tank because it'll plung the whole world into another Great Depression.
Or a slow down or, even better, a reversal in our culture's slide toward oblivion.
Oh no a couple of famous girls are twerking oh who thinks of the children anymore.
I think these are the closing days as prophesized
It's been the last days since year ~100 AD I'm waiting for this world the end! It's thousands of years behind schedule!
Things are going to get a hell of a lot worse in ways we didn't imagine, and in amounts we didn't think were possible. I'm not saying things will never get better, because they will. It is simply going to get worse before it gets better.
Focus on your families, your neighbors, your community. Focus on what you can directly influence, because there is literally nothing that can halt what is happening everywhere else on Earth.
C'mon, the USSR is gone give us some credit. Our worst threat has at worst just destroyed a skyscraper which we promptly rebuilt while killing many more of them. They can't possibly hope to take over US territory.