I haven't read through the entire thread, but wow there are a lot of collectivists here claiming that someone who doesn't vote could've made a difference and has no right to criticize. People need to understand the reality beyond moral theory and realize that everyone is an individual. There is no way a single vote makes a difference no matter the amount of fervor behind it.
You can say "If everybody thought like that, nobody would vote" but I'm not and never will be "everybody", neither is Azaraxzealot, and neither are you. Of course if nobody voted there'd be trouble but you absolutely can't be so blinded by social conformity that you'd dump an issue the size of a nation onto a single person.
So if he had voted, what would the difference have been, why would he be more qualified to criticize the outcome? There would have been no difference; he, as an individual, has done absolutely nothing wrong. The only true difference between him and someone who took ten minutes out of their year to vote is that ten minutes. Anything else is just arrogant conjectures about his personality and social worth made by people who regurgitate what the rest of society has told them to think.
You can say "If everybody thought like that, nobody would vote" but I'm not and never will be "everybody", neither is Azaraxzealot, and neither are you. Of course if nobody voted there'd be trouble but you absolutely can't be so blinded by social conformity that you'd dump an issue the size of a nation onto a single person.
So if he had voted, what would the difference have been, why would he be more qualified to criticize the outcome? There would have been no difference; he, as an individual, has done absolutely nothing wrong. The only true difference between him and someone who took ten minutes out of their year to vote is that ten minutes. Anything else is just arrogant conjectures about his personality and social worth made by people who regurgitate what the rest of society has told them to think.