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A periodic mass ritual legitimising the delegation of popular sovereignty to an empowered few, performed in the name of “democracy” but in reality employed often to consummate its usurpation.
Just as how most students only study for exams rather than for intellectual and spiritual enrichment, most politicians (in a “democracy”) only work for elections rather than serving and leading the people with compassion and vision.
A lot of people in this country went out and voted on election day. All that effort they put into what they did is (always) at risk of being turned into bullshit (despite claims about the whole thing being a democratic process), which is why some people don't vote, they have a good reason not to.
What's the point of an election if the people who hold power don't have any regard for what everybody else in the country wants to happen? That's a king, not a president. Why call it anything else? Why deceive people who went out and voted?
A lot of people in this country went out and voted on election day. All that effort they put into what they did is (always) at risk of being turned into bullshit (despite claims about the whole thing being a democratic process), which is why some people don't vote, they have a good reason not to.
What's the point of an election if the people who hold power don't have any regard for what everybody else in the country wants to happen? That's a king, not a president. Why call it anything else? Why deceive people who went out and voted? The founding fathers were slaveowners, not one of the rest of us.
Oh, oops, did I fuck that up for your team? Shit. My bad guys. I keep forgetting that I'm this genius, prerequisite-text writing, archetypal figure, and unrelenting psychic terror and that my words carry a lot of weight around here. Oops... Whoopsy...
Hym "Election? What? No... I couldn't possibly have anything to do with that. I'm being ignored! People don't do the things I tell them to do. So... It couldn't have been me!"
1- A formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.
2- Candidacy for the first term of a political office or other position.
Election refers to the first term.
A concept that became fictional in the 2000s and non-existent in 2020. A system that is supposed to fairly represent a citizens desire for their country and leadership.
Why do you vote?
"Because if I don't then we're worse off then if I did. It's better to have a rigged election with some real votes than a rigged election with no real votes. " -anonymous
Candidacy for the second term of a political office or other position.
Re-election refers to the second term.