Voting!
Voting is one of the most irresponsible things that an individual can do.
It is the voters who perpetuate war by their vote, encouraging the latest war criminals that invariably seek public office, and it is the individual voter who approves of a system of violence and murder by participating in those elections.
Most US citizens don't vote, but there remains a dwindling fraction of American society that still takes part in that slick theater of illusion, the national elections.
Your vote matters! It matters to the parasite class who depend on the faithful voters to sustain the illusion of elections, for without a significant number of voters showing up for the cameras at the polls, the mirage collapses in the programmable imagination of the public.
Supporting the Parasite Class by Voting
There are still those who actually believe that it's a good idea to feed those parasites in suits-- the very worst people in the world-- by voting for them.
As obvious as the mirage known as government has become in recent years, and especially with this ugly and awkwardly apocalyptic 'transparency in government' phenomena going on lately, the few US voters who still insist on pretending to change the system by voting are almost certainly having to stretch their imaginations into painful contortions these days.
Don't the voters wonder if they are being played by an organized gang of con artists?
A lot of them know it, yet they still support the gang. It's not considered to be enabling and abetting criminals though, voting is considered a 'patriotic duty'.
Perhaps the handfuls of remaining voters know that they are empowering some of the worst, most unethical individuals in the world.
Maybe they realize that by voting, they are supporting endless military aggressions, but they still hold the hope in their hearts that their vote will bring a change? No, the voter is just being irresponsible and lazy, and the faithful voter is afraid to imagine that supporting something so horrible as a war machine like the US Military might actually be wrong.
It's possible that the voter knows that their vote only feeds a fat and dangerous parasite, but the creature has now burrowed deep in their gut like a tapeworm, devouring their energy, and always demanding more.
The ongoing spell-- the alluring crackle of emotion that feeds the mind of a society-- is being fiercely cast, and the subjects are once again primed with fear, herded by voices, shaking with anger over the latest words that were blared and repeated in the broadcast spell.
While some call it propaganda, and still others call it mass-hypnosis, something is in the air in the USA: it's voting season again, and through an amazing sleight of brain involving complicated psychological gymnastics and willful ignorance, the public is frothing on television. (In reality, most people aren't buying into it all anymore, but the television still blares it's hardest with an endless wash of brains, and a few still think it's all legitimate and important.)
There's nothing new about mesmerizing entire populations using enchanting words and symbols, but such tampering with the free wills of large groups used to be called sorcery.
The only good reason to watch this propaganda is so that the question can be asked; "Why am I supposed to believe this?"
Tricked Into Voting, Fooled Into War
Just as trauma can be used to control the thoughts and minds of individuals, that same deliberate conditioning can be done on a larger scale, affecting whole populations. This trauma-based mind control is the only way to explain how a parent could agree to send their own children off to fight for the military, and may be the only way to explain why anyone still votes at all.
Rightfully fearing the evil religion that they are empowering with their vote, the good American citizen is caught in a dark eddy. In a ritualistic trance, the voter gladly hands all responsibility over to the televangelists of war, who broadcast both hell and a promise of heaven on Earth, so long as the flock votes with all their might, and continues to play along with the big show. To fight evil, the voter is persuaded to support an even greater evil as a solution.
It's a TV Show
Voting-- that game show of fake reality, the perfect sport for the soft and dull, is finally beginning to lose so much of its audience that the show's producers and actors are becoming desperate.
The youth of today have watched their parents carefully, watching while the adults flail and kick at an imaginary beast. The parents then turn to their own children and insist that the imagination of the child be incorporated, so that they can perpetuate the fantasy for another generation.
The youth of today have the internet, and with just a few clicks, a child can see that their parents have bought into a scam.
Anyone, at any age, can see at a glance that the love and the care that humans have for one another is being funneled into a system of hate and greed.
Instead of improving the world, the adults are delegating their responsibility away to distant worlds of suits and ties, so that any blood that is shed can be ignored by the adult voter.
The young people today can easily see what the adults have been missing for so long.
Voting is one of the most irresponsible things that an individual can do.
Hmm. Interesting. Though I will point out that not voting simply leaves more influence for those who would take advantage of it. We may not like the results, but most people who vote see it as trying to keep the situation contained to the lesser of two evils.
And in terms of the mainstream media lying to you, I'll toss on this
Hey Paul. Long time no
seespeak.By the way, I do think we're overdue for a random conversation about religion, if I can spare the RC's. We'll see. Been meaning to start that up just to see where it goes ever since I saw you say that
Ok, I'd rather respectfully point out that that's not always true, that many religions encourage greater mental growth and exploration with fascinating undercurrents of mysticism. Of course, that may just be my bias. Be that as it may...
Hi hyperbole. I know a lot of people who use the 'lesser of two evils' template when they vote, but I have been logically observing the results of that method; they always end up with something that is still evil. Such a vote may satisfy the feelings of the voter, but still yields perpetual wars, so the tactic doesn't seem to change anything except the for the disposition of the voter. Whether voting for or against a particular parasite, the result is inevitably going to be the empowerment of more parasites.
Living here in the center of the USA, I'm usually referring to mainstream Christianity when I use the term 'religion', so I didn't mean to include every religion in my statement. I've been part of groups that encouraged me to reconnect (re-lig - ion) with my spirituality, so I know that not all religions are mind-control devices trying to bind the spirit.
I'll always upvote your replies as a way to hopefully replace any spent RC's, so please don't hesitate to comment here, I'll pay you!
Hmm. not really complaining 'bout that/ asking for upvotes, just thinking I may run out soon.
At 30% pre-comment and dropping swiftly...
In any case. In terms of voting, I actually think the benefit is less the whole "lesser of two evils" thing, and more the fact that now you've voted.
I don't know, I've been told numerous times that when one calls/contacts a politician (representative) with a complaint or a request, the first thing the politician does is have someone check if the requestor voted. If so - he tends to at least consider the request, if not -...
Now, obviously they can't check who you voted for, so you have plenty of opportunities... you could vote for Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, perhaps even yourself, and thereby not fueling any parasites (unless there's something you haven't told me about yourself...)
I can't confirm that this is true, I don't have access to any politician's offices. But... if it is, you're losing influence by not voting, a sad but simple fact.
And I was really hoping you'd have something interesting to say about religion - that could have sparked a fascinating conversation.
I was just hoping my upvotes would balance your RC upwards, but I'm still not sure how that all works.
I wrote 'my' congressman a few years back, before the US began it's destruction of Iraq, hoping that my voice would be heard. I didn't vote for the guy, but his office sent me a form letter explaining how attacking Iraq was necessary (a necessary evil?). After reading the letter, I could see that the congressman had no more say in the matter than I did. He was doing what he was told to do. Voting only keeps things like they are, and nothing more. Voting only creates the illusion of influence, that is the sad fact.
As to religion, my reply was simply agreeing with you that not all religions are bad. I'm often careful to use words like 'most', 'many' or 'often' so that I don't generalize too much. The breakdown of the word religion has been interpreted to mean 'to re-bind', as in binding the follower's mind to a certain doctrine, but in the more positive sense that I used it in earlier, it can also mean to re-connect to our spirituality. I would guess that most major religions attempt to bind the mind, while there are some religions that strive to reconnect us to our vital spirituality. I guess that's all I had to say on religion in that context, maybe I misunderstood your comment about it.
From what I understand, the RC only gets rebalanced when the SP goes up, which will only happen when the comment hits payout. Also, from what I understand 1 SP = approx. 2k vests, 1k vests = approx 1 G RC (1 billion). According to https://beempy.com/resource_costs (run by @holger80, number 77 of the witnesses) the cost of a 250 byte comment is approx. 1.2 G RC, and every 250 bytes from there add on around a tenth of a G RC.
Based on the value I get from an 18% vote from you (0.042 SP), even if you gave me a 100% upvote I would get approx. 0.23333333333 SP, or .466 G RC.
So... basically you wouldn't be able to provide me with another comment for another week, and even then it would take about three 100% upvotes...
Sadly, considering my proclivity towards long comments and conversations, this system is not going to treat me well until I grow or invest. Thanks anyway for trying.
(This is basically my understanding of the system using the tools available to me. I don't know, some days it feels like someone with a better understanding should provide a more user-friendly guide to costs. Nonetheless, I digress.)
In any case, I was slightly disappointed that you understood, and agreed with, my points on religion. While agreement and harmony may make for a kinder, more peaceful world, respectful argument often leads to the most interesting places.
Wow,good thought.But you know 40%people are still illiterate in my country.They have been casting vote without knowing the actual candidate of election,so what we expect here...But I thought your country is a superpower of the world and you all have been enjoying the human right properly.
In this country, some of the citizens still vote, because they still believe that they get to choose who is in the government offices.
Well, you are not wrong, but you are also not correct.
Voting with the intention of creating a better future helps better futures come about.
Similar to praying. It may not seem like it has an affect, but boy does it.
The problem isn't so much the voting, it is the entire structure that has as its visible end, voting.
The people that own The US have place their people in most positions of power. How on earth can the Skull & Bones Society have more than one The US president from their members? Its statistically impossible.
However, if you understand its the same group of people, (yeah they changed their last names, but check out their photos) then you understand that voting is a con game. That voting is made to look like "the people" have power.
And since it looks like they have power, they go along with the election results.
Now... Chump was never supposed to be elected. What does that say about the efficacy of voting? We now have a wild card in office.
Further, the govern-cement is going to continue to get better as more people become aware of the con game. As more people demand transparency. As more people demand keeping promises.
Imagine a world where politicians are held responsible for their promises. Its coming.
The intention behind an action makes a difference in the world, but no matter what the intent, a vote mostly serves to perpetuate the existing corrupted systems.
They don't like it, but lots of people are seeing some transparency in government already. In the same way that everyone knows that pro TV Wrestling is staged theatrics, it's more obvious lately that politics is similarly staged, made for tv tabloid garbage. Has been that way all along, all theater, a show. The government is just a public relations department for the military industry anyway, in charge of entertainment and distraction mostly.
Is it voting season again? I haven't been on facebook lately (where I usually find out about 'current events' lol) though I wasn't intentionally avoiding it- but now I probably will. Or maybe I'll take a peek to see what's being said, then avoid it ;)
I did end up showing you that one song of my brother's I knew you'd like right? It has this line: I lost my faith in politics just a couple years ago, and I don't vote anymore, I don't believe in it anymore'. I sing it at people when they ask me if I'm voting haha.
EDIT: Though my favorite line is actually: I get the news secondhand from the people that I know, but I don't care anymore, I won't feel hopeless anymore.
I do remember that song, and the lines are rich indeed. I've been peering into the group mind again lately, looking for material, and saw where they were begging young people to register, etc. I laughed about it a little because these kids today know better than to encourage bad behavior by voting for people who seriously wear suits and ties.
Many of them do, not all as was evidenced by the hot chocolate and coloring book time they had in colleges after the last election. Sheesh, that was ridiculous, 18+ behaving and being treated like toddlers, calling it trauma counseling because The Donald won. I felt very worried about us at that point!
The good news about those 18+ toddlers in college is; fewer people are attending colleges these days, and of the ones who do go to school, only a portion of them are attracting the media for their outrageous Donald-related stunts. With the internet around, paying for most modern university courses is probably stupid anyway, so college students are losing their credibility right away with that. I do worry about some of those public weepers though. I wonder if there's something in the tattoo ink, as I predicted years ago...
You might like this old article I resteemed 6 months ago Paul. It says everything about voting. If voting changed anything it would be illegal.
https://steemit.com/anarchy/@internalmonarch/you-dont-have-the-right-to-vote-no-one-does
Nice one... I'm definitely in good company here at Steemit! Of course I was lured here by anarchists like @larkenrose and dollar vigilante, so I'm not afraid to express my feelings about elections around here-- this seems like a good time to revisit the circus of politics and voting.
Are you a local artist that performs here in town? If so I'd like to come out sometime and see you play. As an activism comedian I've wanted to make some comedy videos for Fayetteville. So far I've written two blogs related to some historical facts I found here in Fayetteville. It is just some stupid shit I discovered that I felt like sharing. Check them out when you get a chance:
https://steemit.com/conspiracy/@hippie-witha-gun/the-fulbright-s-nazi-sympathizers-of-northwest-arkansas-hmmmm
https://steemit.com/conspiracy/@hippie-witha-gun/the-skull-and-bones-of-the-university-of-arkansas
I've gone full blown stateless with this shit. I figured out how to go Sovereign. Which means I'm one of these assholes that goes driving down the road with no license, plates, or insurance and then gets arrested for it HaHa.
Yep, I play around town regularly with a band called Mudhawk. You might even know this guy, our guitarist and bandleader Richard, he lives out past Elkins (he seems to know everyone!):
Our next thing is at Kingfish on the 19th of this month, Mudhawk is the band.
I definitely want to hear more about your adventures as a free man, I once drove around for 2 years without a driver's license, just to see how long I could do it. Finally got a new license when I found that I couldn't send a UPS package without an ID- turns out I needed a driver's license for everything except actual driving!
Dude, I signed up for the World Passport. It will solve all those problems. If we must be forced to live in a world where it is easier if you just have documents then my documents say I'm stateless. Amazingly enough, Obama even has a World Passport. So it is real. At least that is what I'm doing anyways.
I just used it to sign paternity papers for my son. Which I signed "All Rights Reserved" UCC 1-308
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TrufflePigQuality post! I agree. I was disillusioned into thinking that voting was this great thing until the Bernie campaign happened and all of a sudden your votes were being thrown in the trash, people were un-enrolled, and machines were picking the wrong person despite you clearly selecting who you did want. Say what you want about his policies but it was a great learning moment for so many. Presently voting is a sham but in the future will it be as so? More than likely but with more people aware of the shenanigans that go on we can hope that it will improve. Eventually the government will just stop holding elections if more of the people that they don't want to get into office do.
Not to say that I still agree with the quasi-socliaistic agenda. I have since gained my center point again to understand that big government like that is a bad idea when it gets played out. It has great sounds on paper and expressed by a politician but in reality it's just a joke.