They're not voting because...
- Because it is the process by which idiots...
Democracy sucks.
written 8th Apr 2005
Why it sucks?
Because it is the process by which idiots are elected by the ignorant to govern a nation.
Responses
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Marko replies: So go live with all the other intellectually enlightened types in Burma, or North Korea, or Zimbabwe, or China.
written 8th Apr 2005 -
Ben replies: Democracy sucks?? What a load of rubbish. Why don't you think for a moment what it would be like living under a brutal totalitarian regime with no prospect for change. Bet democracy is looking pretty damn good to you now. Wake up and smell the flowers mate.
written 8th Apr 2005 -
Iain replies: Since when did anti-democratic principles become the same as totalitarian, communist principles?
There are other ways you know...
written 8th Apr 2005 -
stereoroid replies: That's a little short-sighted; it's the influence of the media that gets idiots with good hair elected.
The media influence is nothing new, but it has only been all-important since the Nixon/Kennedy debates of 1960. Kennedy looked better on TV and took the job that year, but Nixon learned his lesson and used it to good effect 8 years later.
Can you imagine wanting to be a politician? I can't. To have that desire for power an control makes a politician the wrong person to have any power at all - so we don't vote for them! 8-)
written 8th Apr 2005 -
Matt replies: A very good arguement could be made for having some sort of technocratic body running the country. You could have older, experienced people from business, politics etc having some sort of say on how laws are made etc. Older, more experienced people would be more likely to resist rapid, impulsive change, and be less likely to bow to the whim of the media. (Dangerous dogs act anyone? Gun control? Immigration crackdown?)
Possibly combining it with an elected government who has to win a majority of the votes in the election, and have elections every few years.
Isn't that the system we're supposed to have now?
written 12th Apr 2005 -
idiot replies: Democracy isn't great, but it's the "least worst" option. And all human beings are idiots, really...
written 20th Apr 2005
