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Not In My Name campaign tells Britons not to vote on 4 July
Are Britons fed up of the electoral process? Credit: Getty
Happening today beneath the surface
Are Britons fed up of the electoral process? Credit: Getty
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SubscribeHow does someone standing for Galloway’s party come even close to being rich enough to perish in a vanity expedition worthy of The Darwin Awards? Crowdfunding? Clearly an absolute loon, wherever he’s standing.
I’ve often likened voting in national elections to being offered a choice as to which color hat my mugger will wear when he robs me blind. It’s hardly surprising others would adopt a similar level of cynicism. It’s naive to think refusal to participate in the process will produce change. It’s equally naive to think participating in the process as it currently exists will produce change. It’s the corollaries that accompany a disengaged, disloyal, apathetic, and cynical society that will eventually catch up to the political powers that be. Lost productivity, non-compliance, and eventually outright hostility toward government officials will eventually create the same sorts of problems for our governments that they create for Putin and Xi. Every disengaged, disgruntled non-voter with no national pride or loyalty who will do nothing more than he or she absolutely must to stay out of trouble does indeed kick the can a little further down the road to the kinds of dysfunction that eventually will force some sort of change. There are no easy solutions. There’s just the long slog of how things really work. It takes a lot of disinterest over a long period of time before the elites we hate will really feel the cost, but no matter how long and laborious the task may be, the sooner it is begun, the sooner it is finished.