If I ever see or hear the words "you are voting against your interests", my response is this:
So tell me what my interests are.
The person making the initial assertion will either need to know me very well to accurately assess how I should change my voting patterns to align with my interests or they should admit that they do not actually know my interests.
And if they admit this, then how can they state that I am voting against my interests when they do not have knowledge of them?
@Zeb Yes, voting is not going to solve things. But in what I am stating, how you vote usually reflects how you want things to be done politically. And when someone says you are voting against your interests, they are stating that you really want things done their way instead of your way, and they are accusing you of being too stupid to realize what you want.
I am against the condescending attitude behind the statement. No one should see voting as the means to save themselves.
