“Our parents are grateful because they're voting,” said Marta Solanas, 27, referring to older Spaniards’ decades spent under the Franco dictatorship. “We're the first generation to say that voting is worthless.”Why anyone would think otherwise never ceases to amaze. The belief that an elected authority figure is going to do anything positive for anyone but the rich is outright delusional. One thing the economic crisis is revealing is that people need to take matters into their own hands. Although it is my opinion that non-violent protest is pretty useless (unless backed by the threat of a massive uprising), it is still superior to voting--at least the participants are taking matters into their own hands. (If voting is worthless, why would a peaceful appeal to corrupt scum be any better? One reason the Tea Party is so utterly pathetic is their stupid belief that voting matters.)
Quite simply, the real enemy is not corruption, it's leaders, elected or not. They deserve to be replaced by nothing, which means the establishment of a citizenry that does not feel the need to be lead anywhere. Once the politicians are dispatched, then the economy can be destroyed (as befits its parasitic nature). I believe this can only happen when everything has fallen so far, that there is no alternative to starting from scratch.
In the 21st century, everyone will be an anarchist whether they like it or not.
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