An excellent reason not to vote.

[dsrtao]

If you voted for the current administration, and you are not happy with what they did, perhaps you should consider that picking presidents is not something you do well; consider sitting this one out.

(This argument is from David Friedman.)

Comments

An especially tricky subject

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Interesting viewpoint. It does strike me as a dangerous precedent, disenfranchising people because you tell them they're not competent to vote. There's some idea that this was what the electoral college is for, I guess.

Also, it just seems like people who aren't good at picking presidents will necessarily also be bad at self-assessing that skill (the whosicallit effect), and so telling folks to stay home because of it is (if it has an effect at all) not going to get the right people.

Ironically the Daily Show today was about the "Stupid" vote (relevant section quoted by *andrea)...

[n2mlq.livejournal.com]

on the other hand, no vote, no right to bitch.

[dlevey.livejournal.com]

It does seem to be aimed at Republicans, though...

[dsrtao]

Only currently. It applies equally well to Democratic administrations.

[dlevey.livejournal.com]

Well, yes - but one election at a time. Let's say that it's weighted toward anti-incumbency, then.