I really boils my piss when people say;
'Oh it's only one vote it wont make a difference.'
one less vote is to the advantage of extremist parties.
'And?'
Well extremist parties are called extreme for a reason.
Some want to get rid of McDonald's and make everyone earn the same as each other, change the complete system of which we live under. Others encourage you to be the bully. Extreme parties often ask for a revolution or strong reforms which means that your lifestyle would be affected, after all - Hitler didn't get to power because of a revolution, he was voted in - and take a moment to seriously look at the consequences. It CAN possibly be done again, in Britain that's the truth.
'But I can think for myself.'
This is a stupid notion. Sure you can think for yourself, but if you didn't like what the Gov was doing would you protest? Because only social activism brings social change, thoughts and word of much won't change diddly, especially when the media would be under their control - ignoring many interests and importing their own.
'Maybe I will'
Did you when we went to war, or let our money pay for the bankers mistakes? These could have been changed with enough protesters.
'But it's just one vote, you're an idiot for thinking you'll make a difference.'
You're own selfish self-interested lazy lifestyle is telling you to just cop out, think realistically for a moment, even do your research. I am telling you that your vote, especially in this election counts. It takes around 10 minutes to vote, and your vote is one less opportunity for extremism to gain the advantage. If you like our life's now then vote for the same, don't just ignore it, if you want a change then look around a list of the parties is here. If everyone decided that voting was ridiculous then no-one would vote, but voting is universal, and if people from all sorts of backgrounds and lifestyles such as the super intelligent to the poorest of poor vote then clearly we all must have a token card, worth the same as eachother's, to decide our governments future.
'But who do I vote for?'
I don't know what your concerns are, but if you aren't that bothered I suggest you look at these 3 and decide;
http://www2.labour.org.uk/
http://www.libdems.org.uk/home.aspx
http://www.conservatives.com/Splash.aspx
I say these 3 because although they have different ways of dealing with certain things their priorities are similar and they are the top 3 in power and so to vote even just for the sake of it is keeping our lifestyles similar.
I'm not going to bog you down with ideological and theoretical bullshit, I'm just informing you that not voting counts as well as voting. So you might as well as vote for a party you agree with to keep the one's you don't out. It counts because of the First Past the Post system we live under, find your own opinion on that issue.
I'm not after the glorification of posting something like this, take this info in that I have posted or look elsewhere I don't really care as long as you take the importance of voting into your system. If you don't then continue to live your life, and when suddenly something drastic changes in politics that you don't like - ask yourself what you could have done to prevent it, even if it's the 'None of the above' option being seen in party form across the country.
