[wade-w]

Arguing that the system is broken and therefore voting is a waste of time is a great example of a self-fulfilling prophecy. People like Bree and Gawen are a major reason that the system is broken, since a representative republic depends on an informed and actively voting populace to work correctly. Why should the politicians care what you think when voter apathy is so rampant? Not voting gives fringe elements like the religious right a much greater voice than they would otherwise have because they DO get out and vote, and politicians know this.