It’s time for a serious conversation about what voting actually means, why you shouldn’t do it, and what steps you can actually take to make a real difference.
It’s 2026, which means come November millions of Americans will once again be flocking to polling stations for the upcoming midterm elections. And already, like clockwork, we are yet again being inundated with messaging about how this is “the most important election”, either to stop Trump’s autocratic dictatorship or to keep it in power, depending on which side of the false paradigm the messaging aligns with.
Already the conflict over gerrymandering is intensifying as some states work to rig and counter rig elections through redistricting, warnings abound from both sides of the false paradigm with Trump acolytes signaling their concern over prison time for the various crimes of this administration should Democrats come to power again, and opponents voicing admittedly warranted concerns over further consolidation of power into an autocracy should MAGA maintain its hold.
Meanwhile, legacy media outlets are raising concerns over the administrations push for the SAVE Act ― an audacious power grab by the Trump team disguised as election integrity, as the Brennan Center for Justice explains ― and its impact on voting rights with headlines such as;
How The SAVE Act Seeks To Undermine The Right To Vote, from The Nation.
Trump Looks Increasingly Desperate To Restrict Voting Rights, from Mother Jones.
And How The SAVE America Act Hurts Disabled Voters, from Time magazine.
Among many more.
These are the kind of messages we’ve come to expect every two years from the perpetrators of the predator class, consistently signaling that no matter what, no matter how disillusioned Americans are with the system, no matter how it seems that the establishment does not serve the needs of average working class Americans, that we must continue to participate in said system. Because “democracy”… or something.
We’ve been inculcated time and time again that voting is our duty, a sacred right. Or should we call it a rite? Because it certainly seems like it’s been turned into a ritual at this point. The ritualistic behavior of a cult. The Cult of the State.
It’s time for people to stop and ask themselves what actually is voting?
The act of voting, at its core, is the systemized selection process to attempt to formally appoint a master not only over oneself but over millions of other people, in alignment with a particular ideology of control.
And so when we hear talk of “voting rights”, carefully formated into an emotionally manipulative argument targeting specific demographics: the woman’s right to vote, the African Americans right to vote, the poor man’s right to vote, that is still ultimately the institution it is reaffirming ― selecting a master that aligns with one’s ideology to forcefully control others without their consent. So no, no one has a “right” to do that.
The same way that no one has the right to barge into your home and start barking orders at you, even if they insist it is in your best interests. Even when that insistence seems counterintuitive. “Do as I say or I’ll punish you, disobey and I’ll kidnap you and lock you in a cage. If you resist the kidnapping I’ll kill you”. On the individual level we recognize this dynamic as violent, coercive, authoritarian. It is the same when it comes to the individual’s relationship with the state. That dynamic does not cease to be unethical just because it’s a group of people saying it claiming to “represent us” rather than a single person.
Anyone that even takes a moment to think critically about this process realizes no one ever actually consented to this. The wealthy aristocracy simply told us this is the way things are going to be, and through a series of successful manipulations convinced everyone that this is the way it has to be. That somehow things would be easier if we forego the responsibility of our own lives by putting it into the hands of strangers, often the most immoral and untrustworthy among us, and defering our power to a centralized ruling class to control everyone and everything. That somehow a bunch of maniacal power hungry strangers have our best interests at heart rather than having a vested interest in preserving their own, often at the cost of exploiting others.
Convincing us of “the right to vote” is arguably one of the greatest tricks the ruling class has ever played. “Your right to select which one of us will control your lives, steal your money, and enforce arbitrary dictates upon you that make your life more difficult”.
Of course, it’s not supposed to be that way. In a proper, just world elected officials actually do care about the interests of their constituents. And maybe, in smaller community settings that is actually still the case. But it should be painfully obvious that on the larger scale that simply isn’t reality. It never has been. Even when looking at America’s founding, beyond the mythologized romanticization, the founding fathers were still wealthy, landholding slave owners who, despite some of them having some philosophical discrepancy with such a hierarchy, still acted within the status quo of said hierarchy because it ultimately served their own interests.
When they pinned the words “All men are created equal” the historical context of that statement based on the laws and institutions of that time clearly indicate that the men they were referring to were themselves. A specific small group of wealthy landowning white males. Not the Average Joe, even if you were white. Not the poor white farmer, or white immigrants from other European countries that Britain looked down upon like Ireland. Not women. Certainly not Native Americans or African Americans. Or anyone else not included in that exclusive social circle.
And that has persisted over the last 250 years in America, thousands of years more broadly throughout human civilization. The specifics of the ruling class may have slightly shifted over time, but the sentiment is the same. As George Carlin famously said: It’s one big club and we ain’t in it.
Yet still they’re able to convince enough people to continue to play by their rules, to act as pawns in the game rigged against them. Often doing so in ironic and hypocritical fashion. For example, the day of this articles publishing, March 28th 2026, there’s planned to be yet another nationwide “No King’s” protest rallying against the despotism of the Trump regime. And yet very tellingly so these alleged “protests” are entirely performative, funded by establishment Democrats complete with protest permits to walk along a designated route at a designated time. Carrying signs and chanting slogans, and absolutely not disrupting the establishment in any way, shape, or form.
As The Free Thought Project has discussed in previous articles by yours truly, such as The Hypocrisy of Most Anti Trump Crusaders Shouldn’t Be Lost On Us ― But There Is A Path Forward and Pendulum Politics: Why Government Control Is Never The Answer, rather than calling for the oppressive institutions of the state to be abolished, for the systems of power used to oppress and exploit people to be dismantled, they are instead simply demanding that those powers of coercion and violence be put in the hands of someone else that better matches their preference.
They aren’t demanding people exercise their own independence and autonomy, no no that would be too radical. Just vote harder. Surely it will be different this time…
Therein lies the other fundamental flaw of the issue. Beyond the fact that no one has a right to appoint a master over someone else without their consent, the voting process simply acts as a charade giving the illusion of choice.
By now it’s painfully clear that no matter who comes to power they always act in the interest of the Predator class. Surely, within the cult of the state there are different factions with varying different styles of authoritarianism, and admittedly it should not be overlooked that MAGA is certainly a cult within a cult with their own unique dangerous brand of techno-fascist tyranny. But that doesn’t mean that the other tyrannical cults are more preferred to wield such power. It means such power should be abolished all together.
Time and again we see those who come to power, regardless of their affiliation, work on behalf of the big corporations, the central banks, and the billionaires. They still perpetuate endless war, they still protect child abusers in their ranks, they still advance technocracy. They still oppress minority groups while expanding the police state. They still suppress the working class while siphoning most of our wealth to the top and diminish our quality of life. They all still perpetuate a monopoly on violence. They all still serve the same old establishment. They all adhere to the arbitrary and despotic nature of the state.
So in that sense not only does one’s vote not matter, the act of voting in and of itself is inherently immoral, not only because no one has a right to appoint masters over others, that all interactions between people should be consensual and voluntary ― but also because attempting to do so is knowingly putting power in the hands of these tyrannical parasites committing the most heinous abuses against our fellow humans and our planet.
So then what can we actually do? The answer, as myself and many others continue to assert, is exit and build. To stop relying on political saviors, and start relying on ourselves and each other. By taking steps, like those outlined by our colleague Derrick Broze at The Conscious Resistance Network in his completely free 45 Day Exit and Build challenge, to begin working to take back responsibility over our lives again. Regaining our individual autonomy, creating voluntary communities, and working on growing parallel systems and institutions that actually prioritize our liberty and prosperity.
The only way we actually take our power back is to stop obeying the state, stop participating in their systems, and actually put in the effort to build a sustainable prosperous alternative. It’s the only realistic way out of this mess.
