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If You Didn’t Vote Then Shut Your Mouth
Don’t advertise the fact that you’re an idiot.
James Garside
7 min read·<br>Apr 1, 2020
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Source: Free-Images.Com<br>Did you vote? You did. Do you vote? You do. Good. That’s what I thought.<br>Unfortunately, not everyone does vote. There are a hundred different reasons why someone might choose not to vote. None of them are valid.<br>But that’s just like, you know, my opinion, man.<br>All of this is beside the point. The point is there’s a wave of stupidity sweeping the world. That’s right, another one.<br>Some people are actually proud of the fact that they don’t vote and boast about it on social media.<br>A worrying number of people are boasting about the fact that they don’t vote. Like it’s a source of pride.<br>And top of that pile? Self-appointed self-help gurus and so-called productivity experts and social media influencers.<br>If you read this, and think I mean you, then I’m looking right at you.<br>That’s right. People who make a living from telling other people what they should do with their lives. Telling other people not only that they don’t vote — and that they’re proud of it — but that they shouldn’t vote either.<br>Why?
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