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thundara  ·  2899 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 20, 2016

Pics or it didn't happen!





mk  ·  2899 days ago  ·  link  ·  

thundara  ·  2899 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was more going for a selfie-shot with the Biden, but that works too

mk  ·  2899 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm skipping it for breakfast.

OftenBen  ·  2899 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Priorities!

mk  ·  2899 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Disillusioned! :D

OftenBen  ·  2883 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Are you going to vote?

mk  ·  2883 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Absolutely. I might be disillusioned, but not dumb. At the very least, I think that voting gives me the right to complain about the outcome.

If I were to design a political system from the ground up, it would almost certainly include the function of a voting populous. Not participating is material support for a non-voting system, at least for all those that share your interests.

OftenBen  ·  2877 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Do you feel good about voting? Even when the choices are between dumb and dumber?

mk  ·  2877 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes, never too bad to be honest. We all like to complain, but choose most any place at any time in the history of human civilization, and your political influence and access to justice would be worse.

We don't reflect often enough on just how good we have it, and how we have the tools to make our situation even better. Voting must succeed as a robust civic exercise in order to pull quality candidates.