Don't Vote, It Only Encourages Them

by Daniel Schwindt

What if I told you that the ballot is nothing more than another piece of bureaucratic paperwork that you have to fill out during the year, much like your taxes, except that it also acts as a kind of placebo, and is ultimately more for your emotional benefit than anything else? What if I told you that voting is actually a substitute for effective political action, and that a real assertion of your freedom--perhaps the only one you have left--involves tearing the ballot to shreds? The thesis of this book is that voting no longer works for positive social change, but instead prevents it from happening. If that's the case, then it's time to find something better to do.

132 pages, Paperback

About the author

Daniel Schwindt writes on social theory, politics, religion, and history.