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    bliznutty's totally right on this one. I know a lot of people who didn't vote, for various reasons. Most of them have strong political views too. Lots of talk about which candidate would be better, but still they went to work and then home and skipped the polls. bliznutty's right because these people don't always see their vote as worth something, and even then, a vote might represent supporting the president, but that's kinda where it ends. There's no easy way to actively take part in supporting the president after he's elected, so yeah, I guess people are just sick of the force-fed options that are, frankly, not super impressive in the long run.

    So, yeah, they didn't vote, but it's hard to say they actively just don't support the president. Who does, really? It's not like they're actively against him either. Right now half the voters out there are pretty butt hurt over the result, and are probably not supporting the president either. Do you blame them? That's how it works. Some want this guy, some want the other, and a bunch of people want their person, and that's the beauty of Democracy. It's never good enough to make everyone happy, and we switch it up once in awhile.

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    • shit, I feel like my vote is hopeless, people tell me that all the time in NYCmonospaced
    • i totally disagree with you on the 'beauty' part.. it's ugly and needs revisedbliznutty
    • Oh, I meant the idea. I agree with you that's it's totally fucked and that we're left with some falst sense of something.monospaced
    • if you can't make everyone happy then it is too big! freedom is philosophy of fairness and equalitybliznutty
    • I think you'd agree that a beautiful system of democracy would be awesome.monospaced
    • you're looking at it, monobliznutty
    • democracy works well on small scale like cities, counties, etc.. where it's fairer and reps are more accountablebliznutty
    • as it gets bigger, its less representative. "how many rivers do we have to cross before we can talk to the boss"bliznutty
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