Voting: The Terrible Danger of Pragmatism

Some Jews see voting in Israeli elections as “joining with the wicked”. The Chazon Ish justified this, however. He saw voting as mere negotiating with “Listim” (politicians = robbers) to keep some of our own money.
I personally think what happens to people who negotiate with Listim is they eventually come to regard themselves as part of the group and forget about the Listim idea.
Per Hyehudi’s adaption of the Breslover parable, the healer of the “Yerudi” would eventually start acting like a turkey thinking he really is one…