Voting and morality: I'll join you; will you join me?

[varrin]

A few friends have posted "Will you join me in committing to vote?" on my wall. As short as the question is, that invitation isn't as simple as it seems. Alas, my answer simply cannot match the brevity of your complex question, so I'll just use lots of words like I usually do

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Another thought

[anonymous]

Even if you don't think that voting is useful, won't you show up for our elections, just like we buy goods from your agorists, and show up for your protests and trials? Just believe that we believe that we are helping, just as we believe that you believe that you are helping. I believe that we are all helping.

[madfilkentist]

When the choice is between two evils, voting just helps to endorse the evil. In the campaign junk mail I've been receiving, just about all of it has been disgusting. It's worst when the candidate seems momentarily to be for something good, and then turns around and shows it's all a pretense. The only mailings that have made me inclined to support any candidates have been those attacking them ("Look! This incumbent once voted against legislation providing loot to your special-interest group

[maineshark]

And if you don't vote, they will claim that it's because you liked all the candidates equally.

The fact that they will make various claims, does not impact the morality of someone else's action.

[maineshark]

As with any other action, it comes down to context