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Originally posted by Odin88
I said I do not know a great deal about the happenings in America, but was merely expressing what I heard. Obviously though, Bush does not have the powers of a dictator, and although I dislike him (for many reasons) I accept what you said.
Personally though, I think deMOCKracy is becoming a joke. Anyone who thinks the 'people' rule America (and other such nations - i.e. Australia, France, etc) are ignorant. Those few who are rich and powerful control us all. It is sad, but true.
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the people have never ruled anywhere, that would be anarchy. The only reason the rich and powerful hold the control is because the commonn man is too fucking lazy to get off his ass and study to see what politician actually thinks the most like them, and then vote for them,
I can assure you that if we had 80-90% voter turnouts during our elections things would be a lot different. However, since people don't vote, the politicians must believe that the people are satisfied with what they do, because if they were not, they would most certainly vote them out of office. Right?
It does not matter if you are talking the Congress, union local, PTA, or Pop Warner . . . . elected officials are going to think everything is groovy until people start making enough noise (ie: vote) to make them think otherwise.