twesterm on 03 November 2008
| steven787 said: Twesterm, what do you care about? You plan on having children? Care how they get educated or treated by your health insurance if, god forbid, one has a rare or expensive disease? Drive a car, want better roads? Wanna get drafted? Want your taxes to go up or down? Not trying to harass you, but I don't really comprehend how no issue can inspire certain people to vote. (I already voted. I don't think many non-voters are going to respond much, because if they don't care, they don't care. If they do respond, then they are just non-conformers conforming.) |
I don't know, I guess it's two things really:
- I haven't really cared enough to keep up with the two candidates. Back in 2000 when I could vote for the first time I really kept up on things because it was new I guess but the last two elections I just stopped caring. I don't think I really like either candidate anyways.
- In the end it always seems a little futile to me. For all those things I'm going to spend money anyways and I'm sure it's going to stay about the same either way. I really don't care about roads considering I grew up in the country where dirt or gravel roads were the norm so anything in the city is awesome. I already have awesome health care through work. I've already experienced an expensive disease (see my thumb thread, which sucked) and that put me back a total of about $200 because of all the different medicines (about $75) and a trip to the emergency room ($100). I'm really not worried about being drafted.
And I realize by not voting I can't bitch but one of the wonderful things about not caring is that I really don't want to bitch.
