Good Reasons Not to Vote

One of the truly GREAT things about America is that you do not have to vote. There are no fines, no penalties, no jail time…nothing to harm you or hold you back you if you do not vote.

In fact, it’s no shame if you do not vote. Truth is, it’s kind of cool not to vote. Like, voting is so much trouble and just shows that you are bit hung-up on doing things that take effort. That’s not cool. Old people vote, and who wants to be in that bunch? You’ve got better things to do with your life than vote, and your friends respect you for the way you live your life. Why bother to vote?

You know that in some parts of the world people are so desperate to choose their own leaders that they risk even their lives to agitate for their right to vote. Polling places themselves might be dangerous – bombs and the like. You feel kind of sorry for people who live in places like that, but it’s not your worry. You live in the good old USA, and you’ve got the right not to vote, and by golly, you are going to exercise that right!

You’ve heard that some people – mostly Republicans – are trying all kinds of tricks to make it harder for some people to vote. You do not know if they are targeting you, but you really don’t feel like finding out if they are. It doesn’t matter anyway because they’re all crooks, whatever their party. Vote the Democrats into power, they’ll pull something out of their own bag of tricks. You don’t want to be responsible for that.

What’s really the problem is that you haven’t heard of any candidates you can really get behind. You’re told this person or that person has some ideas you like, but then you don’t agree with them on one thing, so how can you be expected to know whether to vote for them? Plus there are stories about their personal lives that are kind of creepy. So long as there are no candidates who think exactly like you do, and who always are admirable in their behavior, why should any of them expect your vote? You’d rather keep yourself and your ideals far away from such imperfect people.

Besides, politics these days is all about money. And you don’t have any money, so forget voting.

So, go ahead, leave worrying about politics, and voting, to others. Someone will fix things so they’ll come out okay and you can live your life on your own terms. It’s the American way, and America is GREAT, isn’t it?