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 I'm seeing a lot of memes saying, "vote nobody" , and that it doesn't matter because both parties are the same.
I'm not persuaded by this at all, and I hope you're not either. A guaranteed way to make sure things get worse is to not participate; apathy makes it easier for fascists and oligarchs to take power. #vote 
 I'm not voting.

I'll be buying bitcoin instead of voting.
It's public for all to see and tamper proof. 
Kinda like voting should be.

Change my mind and convince me you haven't fallen for the binary 2 party system that requires using the broken system, to fix the broken system.  
 I'll be buying Bitcoin AND voting. Yes the two-party system is flawed, but the way you portray it is an oversimplification. 
 I just don't see it that way.

I see voting similar to trying to change your brakes with just needle nose pliers, while knowing you have other tools in your tool box.

Besides, why shouldn't voting be basic and simplistic, but still public and tamperproof?