"The moral theology guidance on voting is fine and good, but it all presumes certain facts: namely that the system in place is what it claims to be.
But what if we have a positive doubt that the system is what it claims—that is, if the elected leaders aren't REALLY in charge, but just figureheads put there to do the will of the so-called elites with real power who call the shots and who ensure that only those candidates they approve of get the backing of the major parties?
If the Right-Left fights are just a political version of pro wrestling. where the outcome doesn't really matter in terms of changing the direction we are heading; if moving the country a little "right" or a little "left" on its tack towards degenerate globalism is all part of the illusion, the show—then do we have an obligation to participate in the charade?
If we know it's a charade, and that what we value as Catholics will not prevail by means of a ballot, then the moral guidance on "lesser of two evils" and "avoiding the greater evil" cannot apply. An election in which both pretended "sides" serve the same master is no less a sham election than the ones in the Soviet Union in which the Communists won 99.3% to 0.7%, except it is more deceptive.
There is no moral requirement to participate in a deception."
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