Or we could politely ask The Power Elite to let us restructure the voting process so that every vote is counted by hand and there's a paper trail of accountability. In essence how do we get The Power Elite to give up their House Edge?
I have no idea. Historically, when was the last time a Power Elite voluntarily gave up any of their power?
Around the time of the 2008 election, I can't remember where I heard or read it, but it went something like this... We know the system is rigged so the only way to beat the system is to have massive numbers of Obama voters show up at the polls. They can't steal the election because it will be blatantly obvious that the voting machines are rigged.
Regardless of the fact that huge numbers of people voted for Obama and he won the election, it was still downright jarring to realize that it was understood the voting process was a rigged game. Instead of walking into a voting booth, we were walking into a casino where we probably would win. And if we walked into the casino en masse, our odds of winning would be improved. That's gambling ... not voting. We're supposed to vote ... not play the odds.
Like I said ... I don't know what to do. But I do know this ... there is no way in hell we fix the rigged game by continuing to play the rigged game. If we acknowledge that the voting process is rigged, we're consenting to the bait-and-switch by continuing to vote.
As Sam Goldwyn may have said, "Include me out."
Or as Emma Goldman really did say, "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal."
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