Ok, I took a hard swipe in this threads title but consider this simple example of how even the best voting system can leave many people fucked.
Example:
Mom and Dad have 2 sons and one daughter.
They do thing democratically so every monday night they vote to
determine which TV show to watch.
Mom and daughter vote for figure skating.
Dad and two sons vote for football.
The vote is 3 to 2 in favor of football.
They vote every monday the same way and after
5 football seasons the daughter complains that she never got to
watch skating...not even once.
She is told to shut the fuck up because the decision was fair because everybody voted.
This is when mom and daughter realized something very important about democracy. They learned that voters will choose sides based on sex/race/religion..etc and the side with just one single stinking vote more than the minority will get it's way every time and every time the majority voted to fuck the minority.
Mom, being the intelligent wowman that she is held a pussy boycot which pissed dad off enough to become a dictator and he switch the TV to figure skating and told the 2 sons to shut the fuck up.
But dad didn't have to be boycotted he only needed to realize that the vote was never going to change and he could have talked the two sons into being compassionate enough to say "fuck the vote... let the ladies watch the skating".
The moral of the story is that democracy is a useful system but nevertheless it is just another system. There is no perfect system of any kind. So American's should stop shoving this imperfect shit down other countries throats because they already have an imperfect system in place.
Now for real shit:
1776 America became a voting democray and under this system it took another 87 years and a civil war before a single man named Lincoln acted like a dictator and ended slavery. But some people believe Iraq will be fixed in a few weeks after they start voting...never mind the fact that Iraqis voted for Sadam in their last election before the US decided to kill his elected ass and have an election.
The US "sponsored" vote in Iraq will see the Sunnis and the Shiitte voting against the Kurds and the same shit going on before the vote will continue after the vote. Only this time they get to go through the farce of casting ballots to jusify their oppressive bullshit upon the minority population.
Bottom line:
Despite the fact that democracy is useful
democracy is not a pancea. It is not the "cure all".
(intentional redundancy)
So please can the "pie-in-the-sky" preaching of democracy because any American ****** already knows what it is.
Choose common sense over common ignorance because the history of America proves that common ignorance often wins at the polls.
Example:
Mom and Dad have 2 sons and one daughter.
They do thing democratically so every monday night they vote to
determine which TV show to watch.
Mom and daughter vote for figure skating.
Dad and two sons vote for football.
The vote is 3 to 2 in favor of football.
They vote every monday the same way and after
5 football seasons the daughter complains that she never got to
watch skating...not even once.
She is told to shut the fuck up because the decision was fair because everybody voted.
This is when mom and daughter realized something very important about democracy. They learned that voters will choose sides based on sex/race/religion..etc and the side with just one single stinking vote more than the minority will get it's way every time and every time the majority voted to fuck the minority.
Mom, being the intelligent wowman that she is held a pussy boycot which pissed dad off enough to become a dictator and he switch the TV to figure skating and told the 2 sons to shut the fuck up.
But dad didn't have to be boycotted he only needed to realize that the vote was never going to change and he could have talked the two sons into being compassionate enough to say "fuck the vote... let the ladies watch the skating".
The moral of the story is that democracy is a useful system but nevertheless it is just another system. There is no perfect system of any kind. So American's should stop shoving this imperfect shit down other countries throats because they already have an imperfect system in place.
Now for real shit:
1776 America became a voting democray and under this system it took another 87 years and a civil war before a single man named Lincoln acted like a dictator and ended slavery. But some people believe Iraq will be fixed in a few weeks after they start voting...never mind the fact that Iraqis voted for Sadam in their last election before the US decided to kill his elected ass and have an election.
The US "sponsored" vote in Iraq will see the Sunnis and the Shiitte voting against the Kurds and the same shit going on before the vote will continue after the vote. Only this time they get to go through the farce of casting ballots to jusify their oppressive bullshit upon the minority population.
Bottom line:
Despite the fact that democracy is useful
democracy is not a pancea. It is not the "cure all".
(intentional redundancy)
So please can the "pie-in-the-sky" preaching of democracy because any American ****** already knows what it is.
Choose common sense over common ignorance because the history of America proves that common ignorance often wins at the polls.
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