As Americans await the results of today's historic presidential election, I'm reminded of a poem written by libertarian educator Sy Leon. I never met Sy, who died in 2007, but I was influenced by his writings, including his book None of the Above which makes the case for letting us vote for NOTA, which would leave an office empty if it won over the human candidates on the ballot.
Sy founded an apparently short-lived organization, The League of Non-Voters, and penned a poem which I'll never forget. It could have different meanings to different people, but everyone might gain some insight into our election process by thinking about it today. Here it is:
How could the man have done the deed,
I’m sure he never willed it.
He stepped into the voting booth,
and loving freedom, killed it.
Sy founded an apparently short-lived organization, The League of Non-Voters, and penned a poem which I'll never forget. It could have different meanings to different people, but everyone might gain some insight into our election process by thinking about it today. Here it is:
How could the man have done the deed,
I’m sure he never willed it.
He stepped into the voting booth,
and loving freedom, killed it.
