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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 6 Nov 2018
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    Question for the “voting is intrinsically virtuous” crowd -- why would you encourage someone to vote, if his vote would produce an outcome you deplore? I’d discourage him from voting.

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      1. Mao Had A Plan For That‏ @GregLeapForward 6 Nov 2018
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        Because if they don't vote for the outcome I "deplore" then the outcome may be much more deplorable. Have you seriously not thought about this for longer than 10 seconds at any point in your life?

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      1. RealEDdoc‏ @realEDdoc 6 Nov 2018
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        Because more votes dampens the ability for outliers and schemes to skew the results. Basic statistics.

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      1. tjking‏ @tjking 6 Nov 2018
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        George Will made this argument in the 80s vs motor voter. If the people are our rulers, why encourage low information voters to chase a shiny object like socialism and vote for their own destruction. Educate voters to vote for Liberty & if the others dont so be it

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      2. PUSH FROM THE LEFT #MedicareForAll  🌹‏ @JeremyWard33 6 Nov 2018
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        Question for the snarky Twitter crowd who think it's cool to take sniper positions against some of the only tools that we know could work to actually affect change in this country. How would you make change?

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      3.  🌳Pretty Mad Tree 🌳‏ @prettymadtree 6 Nov 2018
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        Direct action, strikes, community organizing, unionizing, or any other type of political activity that occurs more than once every other year

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      1. Mel_ancholia‏ @Mel1612ancholia 6 Nov 2018
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        One more American who struggles with the definition of democracy

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      2. dubbschism‏ @dubbschism 6 Nov 2018
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        most of this crowd is in an echo chamber and so assume, rightly so, that they're not talking to anyone whose vote would produce an outcome they'd deplore

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      1. Robert Hardcastle‏ @BobbyHardcastle 6 Nov 2018
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        The whole civic duty thing I suppose.

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      2. Iron Feliks‏ @NUMISMATICS9 6 Nov 2018
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        Wrong. The majority isn't absolute, which is why we have the Senate to protect, as Madison put it: "The Minority of the Opulent" against the majority. Also, authoritarian or democratic, neither endows you with a "spine"...Both can be weak, strong, or neither. It's irrelevant

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      1. Madero‏ @Shinobi_Madero 6 Nov 2018
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        There is some personal satisfaction knowing that you can affect the politics of your country, but beyond that voting is not intrinsically good. Voting and democracy are only good insofar as they promote good outcomes.

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      1. Gwen Kraft‏ @gardeniabee 6 Nov 2018
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        Encourage them. It is through actions we learn and transform.

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      1. Every1HatesBoo‏ @every1hateschu 6 Nov 2018
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        You're so corny dude.

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      1. Bagudrsi‏ @TccBacker44 6 Nov 2018
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        In my experience it's just plain doublethink. Those same people who tell you that you MUST vote would be just as happy to see, for instance, trump voters lose their right to vote.

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      1. Mr. Tatersalad‏ @MTatersalad 7 Nov 2018
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        They believe the more people who vote will vote democrat.When they find out some might not. Voter shaming and demeaning others is a given. They're also very selective on this as seen with Charlie Baker which the #votebluenomatterwho no longer mattered. Nor did they care

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      1. VACUOUS CIPHER‏ @THE_DAILY_BLEAT 6 Nov 2018
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      1. love is the drug  🌹‏ @eyemsimone 6 Nov 2018
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        Ha ha! Honesty FTW.

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