I was under the impression that democracy was about getting a committee of representatives to make informed decisions on policies that the general population couldn't make because the general population could never be properly informed.
Unfortunately I see democracy failing because you can run a campaign based on xenophobia and lies and still get into power. The parties know that it is not one party that wins an election, it's that whoever is in government will lose the election eventually, and the xenophobia and lies are there just to attempt to accelerate that process. Of course, there's actually nothing forcing a new government to implement anything they promise before an election, so we end up voting in people that are actually going to implement policies against our best interests, while telling us the opposite, like how evil the NBN is. Then there are the aspirational blind followers. They think that if they support a party that sells itself as being pro-business that it will somehow make them magically richer, when in reality the agenda is nothing to do with making them richer but to "keep wages down" regardless of how hard they work "for the common good". Oh but that means other people, right? Wrong, it means you. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grant Maw Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2013 2:20 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: NBN Petition (petition == the will of the people) == rubbish. Obviously :) On 5 November 2013 13:10, Grant Maw <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: "I find your version of democracy very entertaining." Well the only alternative that I can see is getting people to vote on every single issue. Is that what you are advocating? Petitions are, in general, useless, unless you have an alternative petition for people NOT in favour of the proposal, AND you can get them to participate. Petition == the will of the people == rubbish.
