Go vote

[Atreides]

THEYS COMIN FOR MY SOSHSCURITY

[Desoo]

jobs are the #1 issue in this election

I'd argue that jobs and the economy are really the same issue.

[Yabby]

THEYS COMIN FOR MY SOSHSCURITY

If only they voted for the people trying to keep it for them.

[Atreides]

I'd argue that jobs and the economy are really the same issue.

yea that's why I clarified and said "jobs and the economy", they are definitely the same issue for most people

[Talint]

Not voting because your vote doesn't make a difference is, by far, the most amusing reason not to vote. The only way your vote will ever make a difference is if the candidates are equally tied in all votes, and your candidate wins by one vote.

If that's why you are/are not voting, then all the more power to you and your delusions of grandeur.

You vote because you live in a democratic republic, which means you defer your individual power as a citizen to an official you want representing you. Don't like any of the candidates? Then write yourself in. Additionally, there's plenty of other shit on ballots besides candidates to care about.

[Desoo]

The only way your vote will ever make a difference is if the candidates are equally tied in all votes, and your candidate wins by one vote.

The same could be said for every vote cast. The "my vote doesn't count because I'm only one person" argument is a logical fallacy. Every vote cast is a single vote, by one person.By that logic, no votes matter, and all elections end in a tie, 0 to 0.

[Atreides]

that is definitely not the point he was making

[Desoo]

I guess my post wasn't clear. The only part that was a response to Talint was the first sentence. Your vote doesn't matter any more/less if your candidate wins by 1 or 1,000. The rest of it was a comment about a separate, but related issue. If anything, I agree with the point he's making (I thought?), that the "my vote doesn't count argument" is retarded.

[Yugl]

Ya, you just came off as someone trying to oppose him because of the phrase "the same could be said. . ." If you wanted to be less ambiguous, you should have affirmed that you concur with his point and followed up with a phrase that suggests you're introducing more evidence to support the argument.

[GRT]

The thing is although folks like CS may not give a shit, people in his situation have serious concerns that government can help with, and if more like him voted, then government could no longer ignore the needs of those who seek education/employment. A shift in the majority voting demographic means we no longer have to enslave our national policies to social security and national defense. It may seem pie-in-the-sky ideal but all that can happen if the young and underrepresented could just start giving a shit. It's their dollars currently being siphoned off to the old folks.

i c wat u did thar

[Boyiee]

Lets all move to Europe and get 30 mandatory paid days off a year.

[Desoo]

Lets all move to Europe and get 30 mandatory paid days off a year.

Seconded.

[Cantih]

I've actually looked into that.

Unless you have a degree and can fill a position that an EU company can't find a European for, you aren't getting in.
(Or get hitched to a national, or have a ton of cash to use the entrepreneur route, or get refugee status.)

[dejet]

Winning by a ton of votes can mean something. The same could be said about winner by one vote. If you win by less, the odds of you doing what you said are less. You may be scared you won't win again in 4 or 6 years. A vote can be a lot more then win or lose.

[Moss]

Any Georgians or anyone else have anything to say about the candidates? I just got my absentee ballot and I don't know jack.

[kuronosan]

Any Georgians or anyone else have anything to say about the candidates? I just got my absentee ballot and I don't know jack.

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[Boyiee]

I've actually looked into that.

Unless you have a degree and can fill a position that an EU company can't find a European for, you aren't getting in.
(Or get hitched to a national, or have a ton of cash to use the entrepreneur route, or get refugee status.)

Or go to school in europe, instead of lolusa.

[Ashmada]

I don't understand the witchhunt for non-voters, specifically the "vote, regardless of for whom" line.
Personally, I'd rather people who disagree with me didn't vote. Vote for my candidate or abstain, please.

Then again, I live in a country with mandatory voting, so that doesn't happen.
A system that, by the way, is great for lazy people : on the one hand, you have to go vote ; on the other hand your company has to give you the morning off. If you're lucky, you get the whole day off.

[Cream Soda]

Paid day off? Cause if not, I'd vote on a regular day off, because fuck missing money

[Kuya]

Where does fucking bitches fit into all of this?