Was it Marilyn Manson that said he refused to take part in the US elections between Trump and Hillary because that's like choosing between "a pile of dogshit" and "a pile of catshit", or something like that? And I'm convinced that man has at least 3D Ni so right.
I used to think the same, and I still do. No matter who you vote, a revolution is the only solution
Everyone is so bent on publicly fighting against corruption in the system until they find themselves elected and IN the system. Same song as always, different dancers. Not sure what it's like in all of your countries, forumites, but voting is an exceptional exercise in futility here. Our History teacher did tell us something that changed my opinion more or less, though.
The tendrils of corruption in Romania run so deep and are so tangled that it's relatively easy to take someone else's ballot on their behalf and amass easy votes like that if you have the right documents. Which the authorities do, for sure. You're better off writing crap like "Yes" or "Harambe" on the voting ballot so that your vote will get canceled and corrupt officials won't use it anymore. This is the only circumstance that I'd go vote: Writing "HERCULES MULLIGAN" or even better, "Dracula" on the ballot so that my vote won't be used to fuel some inhumane, miserable and corrupt politician's rise to power.
The point is that there are, as ruined said, more nuances to this as one might expect. But it is a good analysis!