Originally Posted by mynameisjim

Robbie, I made the mistake of wading into a political argument on GFY..lol.

But one thing to remember. Living a true democracy means that for about half the time, you are going to disagree with what is going on in the country. All the tough issues will be about split down the middle. But for some reason, people seem to think they should agree with 100% of everything the country is doing, otherwise it's being "destroyed" or the people behind that particular direction are set out to ruin the country.

Expecting to be happy with every single thing the government does means you live in a dictatorship and YOU are the dictator. That's the only way you will be happy 100% of the time.

A democracy means that you are going to get pissed off at about half the shit that goes on. THAT IS TOTALLY NORMAL. It doesn't mean the country is being ruined or the whole system is broken.