Free speech for who? Foreign governments and multinational corporations? Funny, I thought the Bill of Rights protected American citizens, not business entities. Guess I was wrong.
Well, I was musing that if each of our votes are statistically meaningless, then none of us need concern ourselves with actually voting. OTOH, corporations are people now and they seem to have a greater stake, what with all the cash they’re throwing around to influence elections. It’d probably be cheaper and quicker to just let the corps decide our political fate.
What do voters care anyway? Less than 40% of the eligible population even turn out for midterm elections and now you’re telling even them that they’re insignificant. It makes you wonder why anyone would go through the effort of driving down, standing in line, and then dodging the pollsters. I’m a liberal in a very red state that just loves its incumbents; I’m about as insignificant as they come. I may as well clean out my fridge this year. So much for civic duty.
The why you should vote thing is the same reasoning for why you shouldn’t steal. Sure, what you actually do won’t change much, but rarely is such a decision made by just one person. Once you start saying that a person shouldn’t vote, where do you stop? At what point should you tell people to vote? It’s far simpler just to tell all people to vote.
Why would you be wrong? The constitution protects everyone on our shores. We don’t get special rights just because we’re Americans. Protecting the rights of everyone doesn’t impede on your rights. You have the same opportunities to give as everyone else. You said it yourself: educated voters make the difference.
Typical emotional response, which is a shame, because you’re so correct in that people need to understand what they’re voting for, and how government works. How is it unfair to manipulate stupid people?
See, you lack math skills. Your vote is completely insignificant. But can you muster 10,000 people who would otherwise not vote to vote for whatever it is you’re trying to pass? That’s no so insignificant anymore. Hint: you need to be able to raise money, spend money, donate to campaigns, finance independent advertisements, and do everything that (wait for it…) so-called special interests do!