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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Jesus, that's revelatory? I've said that maybe 900 times here. I think it was last described by someone as pointless cynicism.

Busted system full of solely self interested egomaniacs/congenital liars which omits by design any "real" person who dares speak honestly or has serious skeletons in his closet.

What does anyone expect? Most of us vote all year, in little mechanisms we employ to lessen the impact of the only policy that means anything to any of us anymore - taxes.

I think Carlin described the relationship of the voter and the candidate pretty well when he said "Garbage input, garbage result." Those of us with brains vote for who we think might do what we want, but not really expecting anything to change. Most of us prefer gridlock out of fear we'll get what we've had for the last six years again, or some Left wing idiot like Hillary fucking up the economy with pseudo-socialist policies.

This month's Vanity Fair has a great article on privatization of the govt. It describes perfectly why no rational person who doesn't have a direct, immediate business interest in it bothers worrying about the govt any more. Whether it's entirely public in character or partly privatized, it's generally a waste of money save the basic necessities it provides (which I'll never be convinced wouldn't be better distributed privately).

I do may patriotic duty every April 14, trying my damndest to avoid giving the thing a nickel more than the most liberal reading of the sections of the tax code pertaining to deductions and exemptions allow.

I'm having a hard time drawing the connection between what that post said and what you say. The gist of the post is about how people do a poor job when they vote, predictably leading to bad government. You seem to think that because government is fucked up, its rational for people not to bother to vote. Or something.