By not voting your showing that you won't even make the slightest effort to get the government you want. I mean, voting isn't hard. It takes maybe 20 minutes. If all the people that don't vote because they don't think it would matter, actually fucking voted, we'd have a significantly different government.
Do you honestly think that we just need more people voting to change the system? The average voter isn't going to understand the underlying failures of a 2 party democracy in which no third party has a chance at significantly upsetting the status quo. Are you going to vote to continue the foreign wars or vote to continue the foreign wars while saying you won't? That's your choice. Also people aren't going to become informed to vote. More people voting would probably just mean a similar split to the current one.
Yes, I honestly think that the system would be more representative of the country if more of the country voted. Young people's views, and those of boomers and the elderly differ greatly on many issues, but they don't vote.
I'm not saying it would magically fix everything but it's certainly a start. But by all means, continue to not vote, and complain about the system, because that's sure to help.
