Do Elections Still Matter? Part I.

Yes. Not For The Reasons You Think.

I still believe in voting.  It’s just that I’ve changed my motives since 2020.  I used to get a little self-righteous with some members of my family.  “This is why I wear ‘the uniform.'”  Yeah, I don’t say that anymore. Voting, yes. It’s elections that have me vexed.

Why I continue voting has noting to do with idealism.  The nation has undergone an appalling transformation since the mid-eighties when I first put on the uniform as a ROTC Cadet.  Even, then the cracks were showing.  Yes, the nation quite sensibly swept Reagan into office, and just as sensibly re-elected him.  Inexplicably, the nation also kept the same reprobates in Congress with their drunken-sailor spending habits.

Ratchet forward a few decades plus.  The United States is inextricably in debt to the tune of 31.5 trillion dollars.  That’s trillion with a “T.”  Future obligations now approach $200T.  It doesn’t even seem real.  I don’t think there is an actuary on Earth who can calculate the man-hours in labor required to pay that off.

Elections and Institutions

The long march through our institutions is complete.  There are a few islands of sanity in the higher education system.  Hillsdale College, Liberty University.  Maybe a few others.

For the most part, the Statist (or Marxists, if you prefer) are dug in deep.  The Federal and State civil service finance the the Statists through their union dues.  In return the Statists in power reward them through salary and perks. That loop is here to stay.

The school boards across the nation are owned and populated by the Statists.  Parents protesting the anti-science agenda of “Climate Change” or Transgenderism are branded terrorists and harassed by federal law enforcement.

To secure all this, the Statists have taken firm control of the election process with ballot harvesting, drop boxes, and if all else fails outright fraud.

I have lost all trust in elections.  And with good and multiple reasons.  I still believe in voting.  If for no other reason then to just make it more difficult for “them.”  Yes, I’m skeptical that we can vote our way out of this.  We are still obligated to try.  I once wrote that in order to win the 2020 elections, the good guys needed to win past the margin of fraud. That would require sane Americans to show up at the ballot box in such numbers as to overwhelm the baked in fraud. So, I still believe in voting. For the time being, I just don’t believe in elections.

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