Readers recognize that there are two principal demands that their governments make upon them: pay your taxes and vote. (Of course, there are many other 'demands', such as military service, send your children to school, have a drivers license, etc., but many of these are ancillary to the primary means of government survival, which is the collection of taxes.)
Now, of these two principal demands, taxation carries criminal sanctions: pay your money or we imprison your body and/or confiscate your property. However, as yet in most nations of the world, failure to vote in government elections carries no penalty.
Since your vote is your sanction of government, whether or not your vote is cast for the winning side, you should consider whether your participation in the electoral process is a benefit for freedom and liberty.
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