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Zorra

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9. People who don't vote, when there is a chance to do even just a little genuine good

Reply to sibelian (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:40 AM

Oct 2013

with their vote, have a glitch in their logic process. Most times I think it is partly a petulant emotional reaction; cutting off their noses to spite their faces.

Even in a pseudo democracy like ours, Democrats clearly support human rights, and better environmental policies than republicans.

Some pluses are always better than many minuses when it comes to the progress of the human condition. Better two steps forward than a thousand steps back.

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On Revolution: 'We No Longer Have the Luxury of Tradition' by Russell Brand [View all] xchrom Oct 2013 OP

Kick And Recommend cantbeserious Oct 2013 #1

Does he use money? If so, he's still participating in the "current paradigm". JoePhilly Oct 2013 #2

A k&r for Mr. Brand. Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #3

"Don't vote", huh? sibelian Oct 2013 #4

watch the clip! bobduca Oct 2013 #5

I think there are quite enough people who are Courtesy Flush Oct 2013 #6

So don't watch the clip... bobduca Oct 2013 #7

Really? We're going to fight against voter suppression Courtesy Flush Oct 2013 #18

first of all what is Congress doing about the voter suppression? Nothing. The corrupt liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #20

Good lord just watch it or not bobduca Oct 2013 #21

Voter ID says HI! Dwayne Hicks Oct 2013 #8

People who don't vote, when there is a chance to do even just a little genuine good Zorra Oct 2013 #9

Indeed. Particularly in local elections where it begins. KoKo Oct 2013 #14

Exactly. sibelian Oct 2013 #17

Kick bobduca Oct 2013 #10

Very nice, thanks for posting! nt Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #11

Pardon me if I ignore yet another yahoo with the luxury to pretend they operate outside the system. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #12

Another 1% revolutionary plotting the people's liberation from his McMansion Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #13

Precisely. nt Union Scribe Oct 2013 #23

not all people with money are bad people. There are many people with money who would like to see liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #25

K&R deutsey Oct 2013 #15

"I regard politicians as frauds and liars and the current political system as... polichick Oct 2013 #16

Is "revolution" the same thing as telling your wife you are breaking up via text message SamYeager Oct 2013 #19

I posted this in another Russell Brand thread. He's a fucking asshole. Sheldon Cooper Oct 2013 #22

I don't agree with his "don't vote" idea. He should be saying "get involved". nt CJCRANE Oct 2013 #24

I don't know how much Brand knows about politics Shankapotomus Oct 2013 #26

I cannot see this man taking up arms in a revolution. MineralMan Oct 2013 #27