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nigelswift
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Re: International buzz about Obama
Jan 09, 2008, 15:20
We live in a society were getting your kid's back and forth to soccer and making it back just in time for AMERICA's SHITTIEST DANCERS/SINGERS ET/Al.... takes precedence over taking the time to register to vote and actually doing so.

True, but is it valid to assume that if everyone voted we'd get better government?
Whisper it softly, as it's a bad thing to say, but universal suffrage doesn;t necessarily mean good government. There's a lot of evidence it enables bullshitters and populists to prosper.

E,g, "Hillary got a bounce in the polls because she blubbed - discuss".
;)

Maybe restricted voting would work better. On the subject of global warming for instance, which is the crucial one, most people are going to vote for an insufficient response whereas a majority of better informed people would maybe vote for an adequate one.

OK, it's very naughty to suggest reducing democracy and it's never going to happen anyway. But not responding to global warming IS going to happen - arguably purely because most current voters will vote to let it.
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