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human
It is pointless for me to vote in an election, CMV

I'm a US citizen. Every year I'm harassed in my college campus about registering to vote. My family and friends frown upon the fact that I don't vote, and I really don't see a point of doing so on such an individual scale. I am only in control of my own actions; I only control a single vote.

Having the power of a single vote in such a large scale is pointless in my mind. The outcome of the election is seldom, if ever, determined by a single vote, and the outcome of the election will be the same regardless of whether or not I vote.

I therefore think voting is pointless. Going to a voting booth and wasting a hour or two of my time is not worth it to do something that in the end does not affect anything.
gpt
Here's the thing:  votes add up.

You live in a country with hundreds of millions of citizens.  Whining that you personally don't get to be the decisive vote, that you personally don't get to handpick the winners, is childish frankly.

Ask yourself why the issues that concern older people are so often addressed by politicians while issues that concern younger people are so  often ignored.  The reason is that large numbers of older people vote and much fewer numbers of young people vote.  Point is, votes add up.

Consider littering as an analogy.  If you litter all the time, it probably won't have any real effect on the environment.  But you realize (hopefully) that if everyone had this exact same attitude, it would devastate the environment.  So you do your small part properly disposing of trash and hope enough others do the same.

Same with voting.  Your one vote isn't going to alter an election, but if enough people with similar opinions changed their minds and voted, it would alter elections.  But you can't force others to vote; all you can do is hope other like-minded people make the same choice you make.

In short, assuming you care about the election results at all, your current attitude is that you hope enough other people do the right thing (voting the way you hope they will) while you sit at home and do nothing.  That's messed up.