title: interview   larken rose on the immorality of voting
text: corbettreportcom november   
  in douglas adams so long and thanks for all the fish  there is a scene where a spaceship lands on earth and a robot emerges from the craft proclaiming that i come in peace and exhorting the earthlings to take me to your lizard the storys protagonist arthur dent has this strange request explained to him by his friend ford prefect an experienced galactic hitchhiker 
  it comes from a very ancient democracy you see 
  you mean it comes from a world of lizards 
  no said ford who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been having finally had the coffee forced down him nothing so simple nothing anything like so straightforward on its world the people are people the leaders are lizards the people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people 
  odd said arthur i thought you said it was a democracy 
  i did said ford it is 
  so said arthur hoping he wasnt sounding ridiculously obtuse why dont the people get rid of the lizards 
  it honestly doesnt occur to them said ford theyve all got the vote so they all pretty much assume that the government theyve voted in more or less approximates to the government they want 
  you mean they actually vote for the lizards 
  oh yes said ford with a shrug of course 
  but said arthur going for the big one again why 
  because if they didnt vote for a lizard said ford the wrong lizard might get in got any gin 
  what 
  i said said ford with an increasing air of urgency creeping into his voice have you got any gin 
  ill look tell me about the lizards 
  ford shrugged again 
  some people say that the lizards are the best thing that ever happened to them he said theyre completely wrong of course completely and utterly wrong but someones got to say it 
  if only this was a joke but here we are on the verge of a contest between the two least respected most distrusted candidates to run for office in modern political history and some people say these lizards are the best thing that ever happened to them 
  if there is any solace at all in this years selection cycle it is that as the corbett report has been pointing out since the very day of its inception there is absolutely nothing at stake here the presidential figureheads are mere puppets false fronts for the shadow government and deep state that commands and controls the military economic and diplomatic machinery of the usled world empire 
  do you really think the oligarchs put their entire system up on the chopping block every four years hoping against hope that the public doesnt use the dreaded ballot box to vote them out of power dashing decades or centuries of carefully cultivated enslavement with pencils and touchscreens just in case anyone dislikes rhetorical questions let me answer that one for you no no they do not 
  but dont take my word for it take emma goldman as shes been reputed to have said and if she didnt feel free to tell other people that i said it if voting changed anything theyd make it illegal 
  or take hl mencken who in his usual inimitable fashion quipped  
  the stateor to make the matter more concrete the governmentconsists of a gang of men exactly like you and me they have taking one with another no special talent for the business of government they have only a talent for getting and holding office their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they cant get and to promise to give it to them nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing the tenth time it is made good by looting a to satisfy b in other words government is a broker in pillage and every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods 
  or take lysander spooner who wrote  
  the principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two bodies of men as to which of them shall be masters and which of them slaves a contest that  however bloody  can in the nature of things never be finally closed so long as man refuses to be a slave 
  or wendy mcelroy who reminds us that 
  voting is not an act of political freedom it is an act of political conformity those who refuse to vote are not expressing silence they are screaming in the politicians ear you do not represent me this is not a process in which my voice matters i do not believe you 
  yes voting is worse than a dead end its less effective than bashing your head against a wall in a vain attempt to cure your headache its more pathetic than allowing the oligarchs into your kitchen and then begging for a scrap of food from your own table it is evil immoral and contemptible it is the act of a slave who has internalized that slavery so thoroughly that he wants to ensure that everyone around him is enslaved too 
  but as i pointed out in yesterdays conversation with larken rose if there is any bright spot in all of this it is that your vote doesnt matter anyway and will not change anything at all it will not even register as a protest as some would like to believe since the elections are rigged and the votes arent counted 
  so if you are so inclined knock yourself out cast a ballot but instead of sitting back and feeling good about yourself for having done this senseless meaningless and immoral act can we at least agree to use the next  days to do something actually productive i leave it entirely up to you how to interpret the phrase actually productive but if youd allow me to offer some humble suggestions 
  find join or create a community organization or freedom cell with a focus on fostering economic connections and social ties with people in your geographical area 
  find join or create a community currency  community trading program or community exchange to foster agoristic connection between yourself and others in your area 
  commit to spending a certain amount of time each week spreading awareness about the banking oligarchy  false flag terrorism  gmo crops  or any subject you feel strongly about either offline or online using the work of others or by starting your own blog newsletter or community meet up group 
  learn about gardening  canning appliance repair d printing  monetary theory  or any subject that you think will be handy in the event of a government collapse or even if the government doesnt collapse 
  read more books spend less time arguing with people online and more time making friends at the local coffee shop learn a new skill and teach it to someone else 
  in short do all of the million things that have nothing whatsoever to do with the phony baloney political charade exemplified by national selection day because if all you ever do is tick a box in a voting booth and sit back to see who wins the rigged sporting event you probably believe the lizards are the best thing that ever happened to you