Don't Let Evil Get Above You - You Actually Might be to Blame for America.

I wrote a small booklet some time ago titled "You are Not to Blame for America" which highlighted the corruptions of GUS (Government of the United States) and how any individual voter had no power to stop its demise. One vote won't change the direction of the world, but your one vote speaks to God of your loyalty to righteousness and its enthronement in your life.

Much of the world is now led by elected officials. This means that your obligation to vote and empower righteous people as leaders does not let you ignore the culpability of your choices. If your leaders cause your community and nation to turn from God, the fault lies as much in those who voted for such as those ruining things in the voter's name.  No one can claim that they were powerless to prevent the enshrinement of wickedness and evil - if you vote for wickedness, you wanted it to rule.

I know it is hard for those who think themselves insignificant little victims, but the unchecked spread of wickedness in this world that God gave us as a stewardship is caused by those who give them power, either through their utter ignorance, desire to have others pay the price of their living, or foolishly vote for people who promise some "free" ride or socialistic utopia of enslavement.  If you choose to abdicate your power through not voting or "just following the crowd", you will be punished alongside the evil leaders that you empowered.

Ether 8:23

23 Wherefore, O ye Gentiles, it is wisdom in God that these things should be shown unto you, that thereby ye may repent of your sins, and suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you, which are built up to get power and gain—and the work, yea, even the work of destruction come upon you, yea, even the sword of the justice of the Eternal God shall fall upon you, to your overthrow and destruction if ye shall suffer these things to be.

"...and suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you,..."

It should be obvious that this situation already exists in much of the world. The seeds of our destruction at the hands of God are already sown, though it is still possible to eradicate the evil who have been allowed to rise to positions of great power. The rise of figures that "drain the swamp" are very promising and may rescue us from "the work of destruction". 

"...the sword of the justice of the Eternal God shall fall upon you,...if you suffer these things to be."

Yet again from the Book of Mormon, we see that God himself will execute judgment on us if we allow ourselves to be ruled by "these murderous combinations".  The Lord doesn't pity your poor use of citizenship, he will punish us for allowing our personal vote (or deciding not to cast it) to put evil into power.

Being complicit in the rule of evil will get you the same judgment as those you have empowered, so take your ability to vote very seriously.  Letting yourself vote uninformed or choosing not to vote is absolutely no excuse in judgment!