156 sats \ 4 replies \ @mudbloodvonfrei 31 Jul 2023 \ on: What would happen if we all just stopped voting entirely? meta
Someone is going to vote. In fact, the more people decide that they won't participate the more power accrues to those who do participate. Take your meme as the perfect example; the last guy voting is the only thing between the politician and a horrible death. He will have the politician by the balls, and thus will be his sole boss. Which is the reason why the second-to-last guy actually won't leave, and the third-to-last, etc.
So in short, it's a trick question. There will never be an incentive for all people to not vote. The more people refuse to vote, the greater the incentive to vote. Till you reach an equilibrium.
Voting doesn’t do anything. The problem is that power corrupts and all empires eventually fall. Liberty reigns only as long as the people can resist the siren song of state sponsored “help”
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I agree about resisting the siren song of state help, but that doesn't mean there is no function for the state. And, voting definitely does something. The problem is when people put democracy on a pedestal and expect it to solve all problems (like poverty, education, etc) and are inevitably disappointed.
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"The more power accrues to those who do participate"*****
***** = In that sucky old system that most people are avoiding.
You make it sound like the current govt is the only thing keeping this ship afloat.
No, the fact is that this ship floats DESPITE that sucky govt trying to sink it 24/7.
While a few will stay and try to keep the (now tiny) system that works for them going, the rest of us will have moved on to something new & better.
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You correct that in any scenario there will inevitably be those who stay with the current system regardless of what the masses do. However, the point @mudbloodvonfrei is making isn't that the current system is great or essential so much that a situation in which everyone stops voting is never going to occur from a game theory standpoint so long as a government exists.
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