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You Are Not Morally Obligated to Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils
• https://fee.org, Robert ColemanThe Right to Complain.
Every four years, Americans face the so-called lesser-of-two-evils (LOTE) dilemma: "Both major-party presidential candidates are lousy, but I'm duty-bound to vote.
Plus, those who don't vote can't complain!"
First, why can't I not vote and complain, all at the same time? I rather enjoy complaining, and complaining about politics can be quite fun. Cathartic, even.
The way I see it, my right to complain about the government that taxes me by coercion, and threatens to jail me when I reach the age of majority should I fail to complete a draft card, is not purchased by my quadrennial vote for one authoritarian statist, or the other.