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HaLeiVi:
So, by that logic, if someone lit a fire on Shabbos, then there’s nothing wrong with adjusting that fire, as it has already been lit?
You totally invented that “heter” (or whatever Zionist you found who invented it). The oaths require living in galus until Hashem chooses to end the Galus. Nowhere does anyone rule that if someone breaks this rule that they could therefore now be free of the requirement to live in galus. This, of course, would be akin to “sheLo yehei chotei niskar” from shas. And if you understood that galus was for our benefit, then you would immediately see why it’s absurd to even posit such a thing.
The Steipler was discussing voting in elections. Since the State exists, and your voting in elections has zero impact on whether or not the State will exist, therefore you are allowed to vote in its elections, according to the Steipler (which is an eilu viEilu opinion on voting in Israeli elections). But, of course, if your vote would in any way cause the State to exist then you would not be able to vote.