Why would you encourage people to not vote?! That's pretty much like saying that you approve of a governmental system where people CAN'T. Use it or lose it. People who go through the process of voting are taking time out to scrutinize the system and the people making decisions on their behalf. It is an invaluable process that raises consciousness. There is corruption and there has always been corruption and there will always BE corruption, but the scale of corruption that we now see I believe correlates directly to non-voting and general non-participation in the public sphere. Voting is a sort of bare minumum form of engagement in the administration of the system under which we all live. Needless to say, we should all be more engaged than we are. But to my mind, if someone isn't even voting, they are basically endorsing a governing system where others dictate the framework of their lives. To my mind it is no different than begging for an Overlord to tell them what to do and how to do it, so that they can then complain about how their lives would go better if only this Overlord wasn't so self-centered. It's a justification for personal failure. If you are not putting the pedal to the metal, I couldn't give a fk how 'woke' or f*ing 'enlightened' you are. I know plenty of spiritualists and academics who 'know everything' but in a real world situation, wouldn't know the first thing about how to apply it. The world is a messy place; it's not going to get better just because you stay on your high horse and ignore it.