On the eve of another general election, it is difficult for a principled non-voter to summon the will to care. It’s not an issue of “your vote doesn’t count” or general apathy. For 25 years I’ve ignored elections from the belief that if government has no moral legitimacy, participating in any political election is akin to violence. Those who view democracy as the ultimate goal, thinking it superior to non-democratic models, still fail to see its just a different mask hiding the same coercive statist model.
The choice between one or the other candidate will not eliminate wars, taxation, burdensome and crazy regulations. Free speech will remain threatened, the courts and bureaucrats will continue to insinuate the state into our daily lives.
The long parade of so-called libertarians who cast their votes for Republicans, who campaign ceaselessly for a statist candidate under the mistaken belief that he won’t be as bad as the other guy, I find disheartening. Elections are the only time when principles suddenly become a liability.
If you decide to vote, cast it for a smaller party, either one, rather than one of the status juggernauts.
