And not only do we need their consent, we need their willingness to renegotiate and make demands for their consent on the other side of Election Day. Not voting doesn’t deny the power to govern; it simply makes accountability weaker. Personal principles don’t become social norms without engagement.

Thankyou. I also think that there is an accountability gap on the voter side, the idea that by not voting or voting 3rd party absolves one of the responsibility for what comes next. It's like the trolley problem if one of the options is to levitate the trolley over the potential victims.