They're not voting because...
- Whoever you vote for the government ...
Whoever you vote for the government always seems to win
written 15th Apr 2005
Responses
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monkeynuts replies: Is that really the best you have to offer?
written 15th Apr 2005 -
Michael replies: Well thats not strictly true is it. Or have i missed something and we have actually had the self same government since the arrival of universal suffrage?
written 15th Apr 2005 -
JM replies: I think, Michael, you somewhat miss the point.
It reminds me rather of the American writer Randolph Bourne who said that governments give the impression that when they wage war, they do so against other goverments. In fact, argued Bourne, they wage war against their own populations.
In that sense, it's rather like turkeys voting for Christmas.
written 16th Apr 2005
