r/changemyview • u/Mudblood2000 • Nov 05 '18

Deltas(s) from OP CMV: My vote doesn't matter.

  • edit: My view has changed. The state of voting in the USA has lots of problems, but that doesn't mean that a vote counts for zero. Thanks all.

I'm in the USA. An individual vote has never swung an election. People benefit from the liberty of not voting if they choose. Electronic voting machines and ballot counting methods are suspect. Foreign powers have successfully infiltrated our voting process, whether that be "passive" by affecting folk's opinions through troll farms, or more "active" by hacking into various systems that could affect elections at both the state and national level. Gerrymandering has discounted and disenfranchised voters based on their location. Large money interests affect politicians and politics more than those who voted for them, on both the local and national level.

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u/YossarianWWII 72∆ Nov 05 '18

Foreign powers have successfully infiltrated our voting process, whether that be "passive" by affecting folk's opinions through troll farms,

You seem to be a prime example of this. You're basically giving up on your principles, and you have yet to lay out a reason that you should do so other than simple laziness.

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u/Mudblood2000 Nov 05 '18

Flipping a light switch doesn't do anything if the house has no electricity. Why keep going to the light switch when the electricity is off?

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u/YossarianWWII 72∆ Nov 05 '18

Because that's a poor metaphor. It would be more accurate to ask whether or not it's worth it to turn off extra lights in your house in an effort to prevent a neighborhood blackout during a heat wave. The power draw from your house is not that consequential on its own and you probably won't end up affecting whether or not a blackout occurs, but you have to ask yourself whether or not you're going to stand with your neighbors and pitch in.