Topic: Democracy and Voting = a choice? - page 3. (Read 4017 times)
The choice is whether to vote or not. All the other bullshit is designed to misdirect your attention from this fact.
This could be a good thread.
I think you being a bit to generous in your ford analogy. I would replace "I want" with "You can have" .
I think that the current voting system acts more as a blunt accountability measure. Preventing a minority group from pursuing their agenda indefinitely.
I think you being a bit to generous in your ford analogy. I would replace "I want" with "You can have" .
I think that the current voting system acts more as a blunt accountability measure. Preventing a minority group from pursuing their agenda indefinitely.
Does democracy provide real choice because you get to vote every 4 years?
What if you take that concept for anything else, let's say cars. There is only 1 car company in the world, Ford. You get to send Ford your suggestion every 4 years "I want SUV" or "I want fuel efficiency" or "I want a convertible" or "I want a pickup truck". And whatever suggestion was most popular, Ford would do that for the next 4 years.
Do you still call that having a choice?
What if you take that concept for anything else, let's say cars. There is only 1 car company in the world, Ford. You get to send Ford your suggestion every 4 years "I want SUV" or "I want fuel efficiency" or "I want a convertible" or "I want a pickup truck". And whatever suggestion was most popular, Ford would do that for the next 4 years.
Do you still call that having a choice?
Yes, it's a choice. The question is: is the choice a good thing? What is the good thing, anyway?
I thought I'd share my thoughts on here since this site seems to be quite libertarian friendly.
Does democracy provide real choice because you get to vote every 4 years?
What if you take that concept for anything else, let's say cars. There is only 1 car company in the world, Ford. You get to send Ford your suggestion every 4 years "I want SUV" or "I want fuel efficiency" or "I want a convertible" or "I want a pickup truck". And whatever suggestion was most popular, Ford would do that for the next 4 years.
Do you still call that having a choice?
Does democracy provide real choice because you get to vote every 4 years?
What if you take that concept for anything else, let's say cars. There is only 1 car company in the world, Ford. You get to send Ford your suggestion every 4 years "I want SUV" or "I want fuel efficiency" or "I want a convertible" or "I want a pickup truck". And whatever suggestion was most popular, Ford would do that for the next 4 years.
Do you still call that having a choice?
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