The thing is, no matter how much of an anarchist I want to be, I can’t fully support not voting. Because it’s precisely by not voting that the Diego Hitlerios come to power and screw us all over.

I’m also an Anarchist. I hate how the left has to shoot itself in the foot for the sake of purity constantly. Not voting doesn’t make you more of an Anarchist, or whatever you are. It just makes it so you don’t get a say in the election, and the right certainly doesn’t have any of the same issues with voting. You should vote for whatever moves us toward the correct path, not avoid voting because you think you’re too good for it.

Yes, elections suck. If they worked as well as we want we probably wouldn’t have them (or we’d be in a very different situation and this wouldn’t be an issue). However, participation takes almost no effort. The effect it has per unit of effort spent is pretty incredibly high. It’s not going to change the world, but it will help some people, and it only takes you all of a few minutes usually.