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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
we should band together and have a "common sense" person to explain things to gov officials who think up these fucktarted ideas.
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The consequence of dumbing down voters so that elections can be won with sound bites, is that you end up with dumb voters. Worse, you end up with many too lethargic to stir themselves even for the slogan-driven policies which will at least wake up a few.
I know it is popular to blame politicians and civil servants for all our ills, but we live in a world that is wall-to-wall with vested interests of one sort or another, from commercial through to those who believe they know what is best for all of us. So long as they make enough noise and the rest of us stay glued to our TV's you will keep seeing poorly thought out laws which often few want in the first place.