Voltaire and Camus would vote for....

Voltaire:
Voltaire was a religious man, but also man who believed in man's freedom of choice. That's why he was buried half inside a church half outside. He was a man who believed in the good of the world. Do either of our main candidates have these qualities? They put on that they do, but that's a necessary act for a man who is supposed to lead a nation. No one likes a pessimist or even a rational man, people like men who inspire.
Voltaire would be stuck in the conundrum that most people are, choosing the better of two men, because neithercandidate are able to inspire, to move, or to lead. He would be glad as most of us are, probably more so because of his country's monarchical/oligarichial rule, that he was able to choose at all. Still though he would be drawn into the problem of knowing the only vote that would matter was a one for either of the two major parties. The third party has little, if no effectiveness and Voltaire wants change, or at least to be part of decisions for the betterment of humanity.

Mitt Romney would be his vote. Mr.Romney embodies Voltaire's religious ties and is for a more of a conservative, which would be agreeable with Voltaire who would repel strong goverment, because of the stronghold his government had on him and his fellow men. Sure he would disagree with many of Mr. Romney's points, but again he would be choosing the better of two men.

Camus:

In many of the other blogs students argue that Camus would not vote at all but looking at his personal history he was involved in politics. Revolution is what he wanted, revolution from the strongholds and destructive goverments that existed in his turbulant age. He was an editor of a French Revolutionary magazine, which means that he was not indifferent but saw rather that change was necessary and it was up to the individual, himself, to make that change, basically existentialsim. Not, what many others mistake as not caring or seeing the point. 

Even if he took an abusurdist stance, he would still vote. He would acknowledge the rediculousness of the political system, but he would understand that there may be meaning in it, well atleast in participation. Camus would appreciate that he as a citizen of a nation had a say in what the future of the nation would be, however puiny or unheard that say was. I am not clear on what his political convictions were, but I want to emphasize the point that he would vote, or atleast put in a blank ballot.

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