Oh, what a noble and utterly meaningless gesture. How many lifes did it save to not “sign your name”? What did it do for the world? Nothing but empty idealism to feel better of oneself. I understand the need for that in current times but lets not pretend it is more than it is.



That’s true. It would have been more accurate to say ‘they have no justification to feel morally superior for not voting’. Though technically the above isn’t asking that they justify. But yes voting itself is a free choice including not to vote, at least in most democratic systems.