“All right, here it is: I hereby unilaterally declare forever and hereafter that I will never use physical violence, fraud, or deception in order to control the life or property of anyone in this room. Is that clear?”It doesn't matter whether you elect a Democrat or a Republican. You still get big government. So, the only choice is to abstain unless you want to support big government.
There were eight other people in the room, one of whom was the professor. Everyone nodded assent. So far so good.
“Okay. Now, is there anyone here who does not agree to extend the same treatment and philosophy towards myself?”
The professor asked for some clarification, and made clear his belief that he felt hurting someone’s feelings, even by proxy, might constitute aggression. I tried assuring him that this wasn’t so, but that started eating up a lot of time. In the end, he abstained from answering either Yes or No. No one else objected in any way to what I’d said.
“Well, all right. Now, let me see a show of hands – how many of you are voters?”
To my shock, everyone raised a hand – except me, of course.
“Wow,” I said, genuinely stunned. “Well, my next question to all of you then is, when are you going to stop voting?”
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