For the record, I admire UU for his integrity, though I am not aligned with him politically.

GUEST,smiler, I suggest that you DO in fact partake of the deal, even when voting; every time you make use of a civil service (just getting a passport, or a driver's licence, or sending your kids to school, or drinking the tap water that has been certified by inspectors, or fly in an aeroplane and use the FAA services). Just by posting this message in fact you have partaken of the regulation of frequencies over the telecommunications lines.

It is virtually impossible to live in a place and to not partake of that country's government and its decisions and constructs.

So, as you take advantage (knowingly or not) from "the deal", you also carry the responsibility. By not voting you register a personal position on the matter - neutral to the voting process, but a position all the same.