Why should I vote?

[carlin]

After reading the Obama Abandoned by Young Voters thread I remembered something that I've been battling with in my mind for a while now.

I'm an anti-statist, which I am aware is a very idealistic position, but I just can't let go of the idea that everything the US has created is a giant waste of time and we would be better off to live without the confines of states and borders and the, "THIS IS MY LAND GTFO" mentality. Maybe I'm forgetting that voting does still work in a place with no states or lines segmenting the area but that is something that just occurred to me so I'm not sure about it yet.

I turned 18 in July of 2010 and most people would be excited to vote. But I looked at it as a part of the system I saw no point to, so why support it. I'm sure there is a flaw in this thinking somewhere but I can't find it. I've asked a lot of people why I should vote and no one seems to give me a good response that will change my opinion. So I come to all you fine people with the same question. Why should I vote?