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What are your thoughts on apolitical people?
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It's naive at best, but either willful ignorance or poorly reasoned resistance at worst. You can't change things by not participating.
And pretending you have any high ground, when you don't vote because of a singular issue being a problem, is foolish to the extreme.
Some people think they will improve things by not participating because the candidates don't line up perfectly with their principals. All you get then is the direction others pick for you. You've solved nothing, but potentially made things worse.
There is no upside to not participating if you are seeking to improve things. If you are a shitty person and fear other people because of melanated reasons, by all means, allow other more reasonable people handle the voting. But otherwise, look at all the issues and vote for the one that does the most good or the least damage.