web01.fireside.fm Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:40:44 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://keythinking.fireside.fm/tags/vote Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0400 Casual philosophy & cultural criticism with Keith Telfeyan. Keith is a writer and artist born in California, living in Berlin. He takes a contrarian perspective toward triggering topics, but with curiosity and compassion. Support Keith on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/keithtelfeyan en-us episodic Keith, thinking aloud. About the issues of our times. Keith Telfeyan Casual philosophy & cultural criticism with Keith Telfeyan. Keith is a writer and artist born in California, living in Berlin. He takes a contrarian perspective toward triggering topics, but with curiosity and compassion. Support Keith on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/keithtelfeyan no philosophy, politics, culture, thinking, thinking out loud, travel, meta, discussion Keith Telfeyan keithtelfeyan@gmail.com https://keythinking.fireside.fm/vote 93a440a9-0f8b-4faa-b371-0fa965e2d19b Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0400 Keith Telfeyan full Keith Telfeyan Civic duty is important. How much is voting a civic duty? 41:09 no Civic duty is important. But how much is voting a civic duty, really? Maybe it depends... Depending on your particular circumstances, voting can be really tricky, actually. One might wonder if it's even worth it... It probably depends on the urgency of the particular election, the details of your district, and the social pressure involved. Isn’t stigma a major factor in this decision? I'm personally having a tough time with all of it. There are quite few barriers for some, and apathy doesn't help. And whose fault is that? philosophy, contrarian, culture, politics, centrism, thinking, vote, election2020 Civic duty is important. But how much is voting a civic duty, really? Maybe it depends... Depending on your particular circumstances, voting can be really tricky, actually. One might wonder if it's even worth it... It probably depends on the urgency of the particular election, the details of your district, and the social pressure involved. Isn’t stigma a major factor in this decision? I'm personally having a tough time with all of it. There are quite few barriers for some, and apathy doesn't help. And whose fault is that?

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