11-03-2016, 06:26 AM
(11-01-2016, 01:05 AM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: Sigh... so disheartening.
Why even vote?
That is precisely the psychological reaction they are going for - to get the opposition voters to just throw their hands in the air and stay home.
Otherwise, they cannot maintain the illusion. If everyone voted for their opponent, and everyone KNEW that everyone voted for their opponent, yet they take the field instead, the illusion goes up in a wisp of smoke...
... and hell follows closely on it's heels to be paid.
Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’