I've always agree with my now deceased grandad that bitching about your leader without participating in the election is comical.
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It's not about pretensions to be legitimate. It's about. Controlling bodies. And that they do have.
Power must always be legitimated, whether that be through god, birth, or what have you. Democracy needs the people to believe in government.
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Power must? Power functions that's it. Democracy (or the illusion of it) is just one way it functions.
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You are still ruled by it no matter what you believe. So participate in a way that dismantles or transforms. Or both.
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The desire to organize humans through belief structures and "legitimacy" is a risky gamble. Power just is whatever most influences flows.
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Democracy functions through institutions & near monopoly on use of force - not belief. Not voting just ensures those who do define agenda.
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I will add as context, the nation-state I live with has more that two options to vote for.
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