Its a Choice, But It Is Your Duty

It’s scary that every few years one of the greatest nations on earth, one of the mightiest, is in the hands of a people who don’t even lift a finger in concern about it. It also makes you think, lets just get over it, and make it a dictatorship instead of a democracy. If you don't want to vote, so be it. Nevertheless, the time for voting for the United States is coming, and people need to make two decisions. Who will they vote, or if they will even vote.

When you vote you are changing the world. America is one of the most powerful nations in the world. Arguably maybe not as powerful in years past, but still powerful. Picking the next president of that nation is no small task. And the very fact that people don’t even vote, just seems ludicrous.

A lot of people complain about their country around the world. However, America is probably has the highest ratio of people complaining, if not down right hating their government. The irony, the state of the country is not just the government's fault, but the people who didn’t try and change it one bit.

It may be people’s right to not vote, but it really shouldn’t be your right to complain about what happens to the country for the next few years, if you didn’t use the first right mentioned.

The thing is, whatever you believe or don’t believe, voting counts for something. Whether you believe, it’s rigged, your vote counts less, or if you believe that it does nothing, it all counts. Even if your vote was to only be one one millionth of a percent, it is still something. If you see someone drowning or if you're a doctor, you don’t say, "Why try and save this person, it probably won’t count."No, that doctor or lifeguard must do their best to do something.

Whatever happens in the election, or who you vote for, at least you tried. Choosing to not vote, does absolutely nothing. Yes, you might not see the full affects of your vote, but at least you can say you did your part. And on the plus, you definitely have the right to complain about how the elections went, because you voted, and you tried to make the country better.

So if you vote, you can complain about the country. It is truly your right. However, if you didn’t go vote, and then go complain, you really should be quite. Because, you could have done something, and you did nothing. Complaining is the voice of a powerless person to do anything. Besides, who knows, maybe this time when we vote something different will happen.