I don't think participation is always going to lead to me getting my way. It can't. I vote every election and still voice my disgust for the political environment. My point is that I'm at least throwing a wrench in whenever and wherever I can instead of just letting the lowest common denominator rule without resistance of any kind. I've accepted that I'm most likely just going to be a very small wrench, a spec of sand really, in the gears of the machine. But enough grains of sand can really start locking shit up, even if the machine doesn't fully stop.

More people not voting will only make it easier for an ever smaller group of people to have total control. I'd rather keep government fighting than have that.