i my teens why did i see it as a joke when others thought they were participating in democracy?
i mean you get to vote once every 5 years...not for what YOU want to happen..but for a party who get to decide what gets to happen!
not only that, but when they get in, they are not constrained by the press or the law to abide by their manifesto "pledges". why are they allowed to get away with mere pledges..nstead of being compelled to fulfill their manifesto?
now just like i dont want someone to have sex for me -i dont want someone deciding on my behalf whats good for me....i want a direct vote on every major decision that affects me: that is democracy..government of the people,by the people.
what i want to know is, has real democracy been tried anywhere and was it far less corrupt than the current adolescent democracies?
2006-12-01
23:29:14
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catweazle
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