From: Rick <kcir-AT-uk2.net>
Subject: Re: High School Anarchy
Date: Fri Jan 28 20:46:36 GMT 2000


Voting is a compromise, but that doesn't necessarily make it completely 
pointless. The current dialectic seems to be that capitalist hegemony gets 
steadily worse with every new government trying to eradicate any remaining 
traces of reason or compassion in an attempt to distance itself from its 
predecessor. If you get the chance, it might be worth trying to slow this down 
slightly by showing some nominal support for whichever candidate seems less 
obnoxious - after all, voting doesn't cost you anything (yet). Of course, there 
are plenty of ways to attack that, but i'll leave them to someone else.

Rick


> At least go for the person you despise the least? Sounds like total
> compromise to me. Why should an anarchist who doesn't believe in the current
> capitalist\bi-partisan political system take part in it in any way? Is it
> apathy to decide to not vote? I am 28 years old and have never voted. I get
> hell from most people I know because of this. I try to explain my position
> to them, that I do not want to contribute to a system I am opposed to. I do
> not feel that there will ever be a candidate worthy of my vote. I also feel
> that true anarchy is not about changing the system, but overthrowing it and
> replacing it altogether. This is like telling a vegan to go to McDonalds and
> order a cheeseburger, saying, well at least it isn't a Big Mac. Fuck that.
> 
> Isma'il abd al-Haqq
> 
>


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