A day after the United States’ midterm elections, South Africa had its own local elections.It would be impossible to explain the South African political landscape here unless I did a whole series of articles, but suffice it to say that it is complex and extremely dire.For a long time, I didn’t vote due to the lifestyle I led, which I have discussed here on many occasions. But after I became Catholic and discovered the Traditional, and only true Faith, my Catholic-political conscience was slowly but surely formed. To such an extent that this year, despite the misgivings I have about democracy as a viable political system (a whole conversation on its own), I decided to investigate my options and vote.

Originally published in Radical Fidelity. Read original article