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dan 🍞 | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I never said anything about whether someone should or should not participate in a system of any kind. I'm not stating whether something is good or bad. 

If someone participates in a system they participate in legitimizing said system.

This note wasn't about good or bad or even my opinion of someone's choices.

Duty is also subjective.
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Silner | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 No I realise that. I'm just testing whether that statement could ever be generally true and it looks like it can't.

The best we could argue would be, if you vote you're taking part in the political process.

Because the hypothetical jury doesn't prove that you support the outcome or even the overall process.

There's a name for this type of argument but I'm struggling to remember the name. It's a good one though.
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dan 🍞 | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I think I see what you're saying, but couldn't you make the same case you made for the jury (technically a part of politics) for a political process (I'm assuming you mean an election)?
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Silner | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I was thinking of the electoral process, yes. It would take a lot of effort to test the whole democratic process. I like to distil arguments into simpler contexts to make sure they work :)
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dan 🍞 | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That's why reposted to reword. I tried to go simpler. Thanks for the discussion.

My original note wasn't particular to the electoral process.
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Silner | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Thanks for pointing me back to the revised post. I can't see much wrong with that statement :)