Comments by "\/" (@joebazooks) on "Midterm Elections 2014: Why I’m Not Voting | The New York Times" video.

  1. oh really? how do you go about choosing the politician for which you vote? whose false campaign promises sound most enticing? to who you're most attracted?
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  2. drdanger but would you hire an employee if you knew they were a compulsive liar without a shred of integrity? would you want somebody like that representing your company, representing you? i simply don't understand why we feel the need to sell ourselves short, to fool ourselves into believing that the men with guns pointed at us are acting in our interest and on our behalf. these people don't care about what you think, feel, or believe--unless of course you think, feel, and believe as they do--and if you don't you're as good as dead, a ghost without a voice. no government is actually consensual. why do we kid ourselves? when was the last time you were consulted as to whether or not you wish to be governed? when was the last time you were consulted about governmental operations or political policy? would you hire somebody who threatened to throw you in a cage if you didn't hire them? the government is nothing without coercion, nothing but coercion.
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  3. So what, you think your one vote is going to sway an election?! LOL So much for your say on the matter. You're insignificant and treated accordingly. Under the current system, everybody is insignificant and treated as such. Anarchy is definitely the future, whereby the decentralization of sovereignty will continually increase over time, spontaneously, until one day every individual will be sovereign, as opposed to merely sovereign nations, and treated accordingly. And it is exactly that, the sovereignty of the individual, which has been and will be oppressed and opposed, I imagine, for years to come. Democracy is a buzzword. What does that even mean? What governments do you even consider to be 'democracies'?!
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  4. drdanger it's difficult to provide actual examples for a whole host of reasons. one reason being that, as i mentioned (i think multiple times) already, every form of government to date operates on the basis of or is supported by coercion. a second reason is the anarchy of the future will probably be distinguishable from the anarchy of the past in ways that we cannot yet imagine. there are examples out there, though, if you were to google it. that's the difference between me and you. i look around and see that what we are doing isn't working; i.e. perpetual war, widespread famine and general deprivation, worldwide homelessness, etc. on the other hand, you seem to view these issues as nigh insurmountable as opposed to the fruit of our very own activity on a collective and individual basis. anarchy, it will take time, but it's nonetheless inevitable.
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  5. also, do you remind responding to the democracy bit?!
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  6. drdanger no need to thumb up your own comments dude lol. rule of law based on an independent judicial system? independent in what sense? your right to vote is insignificant. that right is akin to your right to choose which cereal at the supermarket to buy, but even then you'd have more options. i'm just being realistic: casting a ballot is a waste of time. didn't you read what i wrote. i know very little, but the one thing i do know is that anarchism is inevitable. hope isn't warranted nor needed. so much of our daily lives are anarchic already lol
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