Oddbean new post about login | logout I will not be voting for US president next month this is why: https://john-dennehy.medium.com/the-problem-with-voting-5460bd1f1fac
"When you vote you are doing so twice, once for the candidate on your ballot and again for the system that placed them there." nostr:nevent1qqsw9e4kperhnr5j8hr9whj9l4wes663zh478c5aepsxz09pc7uzk6gpzemhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnj7q3qgaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrnsxpqqqqqqzpyy979 Voting is mathematically flawed? 🔫 Always has been https://youtu.be/qf7ws2DF-zk The nature of power is such that anyone who wishes to do good for his fellow man cannot retain office for long or attain it at all: https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs Maybe we should focus on other ways to fix the system.
Good piece with great insights!
I just wish the silent minority where less relevant. Non voters are the undesirables in any functioning society going back 5000 years. While I agree we don’t really have a “functioning society”, opting out is a cop out. Whether it’s Bitcoin, politics or religion: -Be productive. -Educate someone in your sphere of influence. -Make the world a better place for people more like you.
Some good insights in this, including that "Voting will never yield substantive change because it is designed to prohibit the very discomfort which is a necessary prerequisite to substantive change." nostr:nevent1qqsw9e4kperhnr5j8hr9whj9l4wes663zh478c5aepsxz09pc7uzk6gpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtczypr5m58v4v4hhwlgptu8p7590qnxaujp94yg2q5hm4rj8hyaa9vwwqcyqqqqqqgpmh7jp nostr:nevent1qqspxyg3t70z783p9p58ssgr75kknnertp6adcz5ptkdjtrgs5uf7pspr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgszkretq7zxn476s8267prwafqryht4tgn5gmtenh7garvgkmu6uqcrqsqqqqqprye73j