Rock the Vote?

As a political science major, I am witness to the interesting effects of democracies, non-democracies, etc. Most of my knowledge came from personal studies and social experiences in politics back in Washington, D.C.

Why vote?

My answer, don't. Why is voting important for the youth? In my opinion, it isn't.

This country was not founded on voting. It wasn't even founded as a democracy. Our forefathers would cringe at the inclinations of the Rock to Vote agenda. As our forefathers wrote in the federalist papers, government must be unperturbed by the masses - the people.

Even so, you may want to vote anyway, but think about this. The highest voter turnouts are older individuals with expendable capital and more experience. The politicians pander to these people, not students. Students, in the spectrum of things, whether making change by vote or revolution, are usually a pusillanimous minority. To politicians, whether implied or not, students do not matter at all.

Go ahead and vote. I say it will not make a difference. The policies of politicians are targeted towards older individuals, not students.

Honestly, I would much rather the student vote not be counted at all. Most individuals really do not have an understanding of politics or even the founding of this country.

I am quite surprised watching the candidates politics and hearing how Ron Paul intends to bring the spirit of our forefathers to bear on this country.

The only problem is that Ron Paul wants to bring the MYTH of America. A myth developed by American propagandists mostly in the 1950s to fight the atheist Soviets and confuse the American people as to their own beginnings. This country was founded by deists, they were not Christian. This country was founded on the basis of blood and bravery.

Our forefathers were a rag tag bunch of rebels who even went against most of the American people.

Think about that, our forefathers were rebels and actually did not believe in the spirit of the masses.

So go ahead and vote. But remember, your vote is actually against the federalists.