Re:If it takes video game characters (Score 1)

I'm trying to figure out what you mean by "democracy". Are you really advocating a pure democracy where everyone votes on every single issue out there? I hope not, since in any government larger than that of a small town that system is ridiculous and compltely ineffective. Anyway, the message you send by not voting is not "I want to live in something I choose to call a democracy". The message you send is "I don't care". It doesn't matter if that's your intention, that's what politicians decide you mean. Change has to happen slowly: just vote for the candidate you think is closer to your beliefs. If you don't vote, you lose your right to complain, frankly. Or at least your right to complain and have most people take you seriously. And to any folks in swing states voting for third party candidates, I'd like to quote Howard Dean: "When the house is on fire, it's not the time to fix the furniture."