John Lockwood: Why Don't I Vote? I'll Let George Carlin Explain It To You

"I don't talk politics. I let the logical thought process I share with George Carlin explain my stance on the matter." 

Source:John Lockwood with a look at George Carlin making himself comfortable.

From John Lockwood

As I said about this back in December: 

"In Defense of Politicians", that would never be 1 of my lines. Not even if I was a defense lawyer defending a politician. I would be in there in court telling the judge: 

"I'm here to defend the politician". But if I win this case, as soon as it's over, I'll be the first person telling the public how big of an asshole I think this person is. And why I've never voted for this politician. Well, not after the first time...

My point here is it's not  just the politicians. It's not just the voters either. It's just mostly the voters. As George Carlin said: 

"Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from some other reality.

They come from American parents, American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses, American universities, and they’re elected by American citizens.

This is the best we can do, folks. This is what we have to offer. It’s what our system produces. Garbage in…garbage out...

From The New Democrat

So I guess I'm debating George Carlin about who sucks when it comes to American democracy: the politicians or the voters. But as George Carlin said so himself: 

"Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from some other reality.

They come from American parents, American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses, American universities, and they’re elected by American citizens.

This is the best we can do, folks. This is what we have to offer. It’s what our system produces. Garbage in…garbage out...

And the other thing here is whether people have a... let's say credible right to complain when they don't even bother to vote or not. And as Carlin said so himself, while 65% of the electorate (give or take) is voting every 2 years, he's home screwing himself. (And he would use stronger language) My point is people who don't even bother to vote... you are screwing yourself in multiple ways. 

When you don't even  bother to vote, you are not doing your part to protect yourself and the rest of the republic from the crooks, the liars, the assholes, the wannabe political reality TV stars, the big government statists, who think the government knows how to spend your money better than you and is even better at running your life than you. Why? You are too busy staring at your phone, texting the person who is right next to you, watching your favorite "reality TV" shows, trying to find out which rehab your current favorite celebrity is staying at, etc. to give even give 1 damn about the future of your own country. 

I don't think this should be even a debate about voting versus not voting. And I don't think people should be required to vote by law either. I think this really should be a debate about smart voters, versus people who vote, but don't do it intelligently. American democracy can never be better than the people that it's supposed to represent. Because American democracy are the voters themselves and the people that we elect to represent us. 

And when we don't do our part to make sure that we are getting the best representation possible to represent us in public office, we instead get the crooks, the liars, the assholes, the wannabe political reality TV stars, the big government statists. 

I will close on a somewhat positive note here. When voters take democracy seriously, especially liberal democracy, like ours, seriously... with all the protections, the individual rights and responsibilities, the checks and balances, our limited government, the rule of law, seriously... they don't just vote, but they know who they are voting for before they make those choices. 

But when American voters don't take our liberal democracy, seriously, they vote for people because they think they're cool, they look Hollywood, they look like they could be a professional "reality TV" star, they like their political catch phrases and soundbites, or they just vote for people who tell them what they hear, without bothering to do any homework about that candidate's past record before running for the current office they're running for, we get a lot of bad government and politicians, because we have bad voters who elected them into office. 

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