Democracy Is Santa Claus

I wish telling someone his vote didn't matter had the same effect as telling a kid Santa Claus doesn't exist - heartbreaking, but then he comes to the realization that he knew it all along. He can proceed with his life happy, no longer carrying irrational beliefs. But it doesn't have this effect. People fiercely deny the logic and cling to Santa.

A Silly Argument

Those who support electoral politics in any form, even anarchist libertarians who support political action as a method of scaling back the government and working toward the ultimate end goal of anarchism, often make a silly argument: if everyone thought his vote didn't matter, there would be no way to affect change. We'd be governed by the whims of a few. On the contrary, if everyone realized his vote didn't matter, we wouldn't be in this situation to begin with. We're already governed by the whims of a few. Beside that, what's the difference between the whims of a few and the whims of the many? None that I can see.

Vice-Presidential Candidate Fail

I actually found this on one of the tech blogs I read.



I can't really figure out what to say about it. It's hilarious, it's tragic... it's typical.