I never said anyone was 'lesser' for voting! Nor do I think anarchism is 'some pure model' — it is, in its nature, pragmatic, ever changing and organic. I'm stating my opinions on why voting isn't beneficial — that's not to say I speak for anyone else than myself.

People are free to believe in who and what they choose (including God or their country), as long as that does not infringe on my personal freedom. We'd like to point out the problems with that, but we won't shove it down their throats via 'the party line' or some dated, rigid, dogmatic theory for political change (ie Marxism). Your picture of the bomb-throwing, black-hooded anarchism is straight from the mainstream media and Marxist slurs, and simply off.

We tend to judge actions, and the actions of some past revolutions have shown them to be failures. They didn't just not 'measure' up to our so-called anarchist 'heavens', but they have done nothing more for the opressed than bring about (much needed, but not enough) reforms. If trying to improve opression beyond shorter hours and having a weekend is being 'pure' and 'not of this world', then what's the point?

Jared D