There's a lot of rhetoric in our culture about the importance of voting. Is it really important?

This page is a stub, created on 2024-10-31 (last updated on 2023-11-30). Its contents are notes on the issues and angles I want to address about this topic.

• What is the purpose of voting in a free society? What are we voting on in our society today, and is that what contributes to the sense of urgency around voting?
• Why are we encouraging everybody to vote, regardless of their level of knowledge, ability to think critically, or any consideration of ROI?
  • "boy who cried wolf" problem
• the effects of voting "strategically" for the lesser of two evils
• connection to The Prime Directive
• mathematical problems with voting
• Does your vote even matter?