Hi Ray,
At 03:27 11/07/01 -0400, you wrote:
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>From: "Keith Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>KH said:
>The fact that citizens are
>> voting less than ever before (about 50% in our recent General election*)
>> means that he regards his "democratic rights" (in the narrow sense) as
>less
>> important than his other roles.
>>
>> *The turnout was less than any other election in the UK for a century. The
>> % turnout in the Election after WWI was less but only because 1� million
>> soldiers (out of a much smaller electorate) were not allowed to vote.
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>
>Actually Keith I think the case can be made that the corporations have made
>a sustained advertizing blitz for years about the ineffectiveness of
>Democratic Government whose only value lies in it not being Communist like
>Castro or something.
Where's your evidence for this?
>I would argue that Big government is Big government
>whether it is the UK or Microsoft. The only difference is that I cannot
>call up Microsoft and raise hell everytime their product steals my time and
>money. With MS there is no recourse other than not buying which means
>that I loose both the initial investment and my time at learning before I
>realized how shoddy it was to begin with. Perhaps you guys should just
>trade that Parliamentary hazing in for the more dignified sleeze of
>Republican government. At least over here we know why people don't vote.
>They are lazy and it has little to do with Ideology unless of course they
>are Republican and then they believe voting will make them money. I'm not
>kidding.
Nothing to do with laziness, Ray. This has been carefully investigated by
several teams in the UK. It's much more to do with scepticism of the
politicial process. Over here, the poor (Left-wing supporters) are even
more sceptical because they know that once politicians are elected, and
whatever the colour of the Government, they are never going to receive the
care, attention and benefits that the middle-class receive.
Keith H
>If psychology can effect how people support the market then why can't that
>same psychology effect the attitude and enthusiasm for voting? Either
>way it resembles Mad Cattle.
>
>Ray Evans Harrell
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