The Ethics of Voting Quotes

“give us little reason to support them.17 At base, democracy is just a decision-making method.18 In politics, democracy is a method for deciding when and how to coerce people into doing things they do not wish to do. Political democracy is a method for deciding (directly or indirectly) when, how, and in what ways a government will threaten people with violence. The symbol of democracy is not just the ballot—it is the ballot connected to a gun.”
― Jason Brennan, The Ethics of Voting