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Why I Did Not Vote On November 6, 2012

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Only by ending this imperial duopoly and the ruthless U.S. global Empire will we save the lives of billions of people and other creatures, and give ourselves a chance at true democracy and a sustainable future, rather than the murderous corporatocracy we have had since at least 1886, when the Supreme Court declared that corporations were "persons".

But voting for "the lesser of two evils" not only keeps evil in power. It also reinforces and continues to legitimize a deadly, deeply corrupt, destructive, anti-human, anti-environmental political system which has developed in this nation since at least 1886, if not since its inception.

As Gary Younge says, in the November 19, 2012 issue of The Nation:

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Ed Ciaccio is a retired teacher who is active in the justice and peace community on Long Island, NY, and a writer whose work is featured at Dandelion Salad and has also been posted on Buzzflash and Information Clearing House as well as OpEdNews.
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