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The shunners.

Yazad asks To Vote or not To Vote?.

While he focuses on a few points for either viewpoint .. lets look at a few instances where people choose not to vote. Have you sensed this in the young generation? The reluctance to vote? Yes, there are always those who have just turned 18 the year before and are absolutely excited about exercising their right to vote. They know that its just a drop in the ocean, but they also believe that every vote counts. They feel it's their moral duty as a responsible citizen to vote. Obviously I am not talking about these young people. I am not even talking about the ones who are past that, the ones who feel its useless, that its just choosing the lesser evil and whoever they vote for is gonna fleece the country bare.

I am talking about those who just don't give a damn, whose peers think its 'cool' to not vote; who know whatever happens, they are safe. They just don't care who comes to power. Sort of like the swollen babus our bureaucracy is chock-full of. Because 'Its the poor and the middle-classes who should care'. As children, they have seen their parents do the same. And its pretty understandable. After all .. who will engage in something that has no consequence for them? Thats why traditionally the voter turnout has been higher for the middle classes who have much to gain - or lose out out of the elections.

But thats where the wrong assumption is made. We are fast reaching a stage where governments make increasingly responsible decisions that influence the breadth of our economy. Election promises are changing for the better (it remains another matter if they are implemented as promised). It would not heed well to remain lax and continue this pooh-poohing. It is time to participate.