You don’t vote.
That’s okay. We’re still friends. But you don’t vote.
You don’t vote because you don’t feel connected to the process. Things like interstate commerce, the War in Iraq, the price of oil… these things seem out of your hands. That even if you did vote, you feel as if your representative in Congress doesn’t give a shit about you.
You don’t vote.
And I sympathize. I know how you feel. I know why you feel this way.
But here’s the trick, my dear, beloved friend… THEY WANT YOU TO FEEL THIS WAY.
They want you to feel helpless.
They want you apathetic.
They want you to stay still, shut up, and take it up the ass without complaint. Without lube. Without even a reach around.
You don’t vote because they don’t want you to vote.
We are not helpless. We are not harmless. We are the engine that makes the system work. We can make a difference.
Look at this. Go here and watch.
They are reaching right into your life now. Why? Because they think you won’t participate in the process.
The internet is the last source of free information. Anyone anywhere in the world can open their web browser and download the Bill of Rights, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, or The Communist Manifesto. (That last one was for trekhead.)
The internet is (mostly) free and nobody controls it. Congress wants to change that.
They work for you. We do not work for them.
What I want from you, my dear friend, is to make your voice heard. This last little bastian of anarchy, this last little light of hope, this place that gives me all the porn I want… I mean, that allows me to freely advertise my games… uh, yeah…
Dammit! They control phones, TV, radio, the newspapers… they don’t control the internet.
And we have to let them know to back the fuck off.
You don’t vote.
It’s time to start.