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FAITH STORIES
YOUR VOTE COUNTS
By Chioma Phillips
n the current global po- What if I told you that if this is effectively pulling back from
litical climate, it’s easy to your position, then their plan has battle. All your thoughts, ideas,
respond to that headline worked? In military parlance, commitment, energy, passion
Iwith a weary, “Just how the Fabian strategy is a military and mandate that could be
does my vote count?” Especially approach where one side – the applied to the transformation of
considering how easy it is for weaker side –to avoid large bat- an issue are therefore withdrawn
people to rig the ballot in their tles it knows it could lose, makes from the battlefield, leaving
favor or manipulate the outcome use of small, confrontations in a room for your weaker opponent
of the elections by the use of so- war of attrition (a wearing, grind- to dominate. It’s a head game.
cial media analytics, hacking and ing war) that breaks their oppo- And that’s what’s been going on
other underhanded tactics. Just nent’s will, causing them great around the world, pretty much.
how does my standing in line for losses and even bringing them to
hours count? the point of collapse. Wherever possible, victory is
snatched from the hands of the
Why should I bother mailing my This strategy is used by forces ones who seem best for the job,
ballot in? Why should I care? of darkness, human and not, policies that should never see
Why should I try? What’s the alike. To get you to the place the light of day get approved
point? They’ve already decided of weariness and apathy so that and the ones who could make a
who will win. you throw your hands up in the difference by their numbers get
air and say, “What’s the point?” tired of the fight.
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