Many Americans will take part in the November ritual of election years to go out and vote for their favorite political candidates today, believing that if enough people vote the way they do, positive change will be the result.

This ritual is very sacred, because it is drilled into Americans from early in life that it is our civic duty to vote, and that if we don't vote and the country then falls apart and goes to hell, it will be our fault for not voting.

Here is a comment I recently received from a reader:

I read a response that you gave to one of the commenters challenging why he even bothers to vote, as you maintain that the outcome is already predetermined. Even though your contention may be true, I would submit that by voting we at least give them an obstacle to overcome. If we all just stopped voting, it would be to acknowledge that we are giving in to the fraud. The answer isn't to stop voting. The answer is to fix the system so that it is impossible to artificially control the outcome. (Emphasis mine.)

I strongly disagree with this view, but I realize I am beating a dead horse in trying to convince Americans otherwise.

In my view, if only a small percentage of Americans turned out to vote in a major national election, say less than 30%, that would send a strong message to the Wall Street Billionaires and Bankers that we are on to them, and that we are not going to participate in "electing" their puppet politicians anymore, which is exactly what they fear: a unified opposition against them. They can only maintain their power over the masses by dividing us, which is exactly what national elections do in the United States.