Voting with heart
In an ideal world, a democracy is there to make sure that leaders who turn out to be lousy don't stay in power much longer. A new dude gets elected, and is then tested again.
At least that's the way it's supposed to work.
Seeing how Howard and W managed to mislead their country into a dodgy invasion (not war) and cower their ppl into a state of paranoia, you would think that, if the masses had their way, dudes like Latham and Kerry will be shoo-ins at the elections.
But that is not the case. Kerry is still way behind W, and Latham, though neck and neck with Howard, is in no way assured of victory.
Who are these ppl who vote for the incumbents? Are they ignorant or nuts or just plain apathetic? Or are they ppl who are aware of how questionable their leaders are, but think since these guys are gonna win anyway, they might as well back a winner? If these ppl get re-elected, they sure know how much shit they can get away with. Dodgy ppl only stay in power if the masses let them. Thing is, the masses may be blinded by propaganda. Smacks of 1984.
There have been ads encouraging ppl to "vote with their hearts" and "be counted". Why do I get the feeling these are funded by the small L liberals?
If everyone voted with their hearts, they will be voting for a change. Sure, no one knows if Latham is going to turn out to be an evil-ler exponent of arsekissing. But there comes a time when one is so disillusioned by the current guy, the new guy is almost certain to be at least as good, if not better.
Maybe it's the circle of friends I hang with (young, professional, Chomsky-reading, SBS-watching types) , they REALLY are voting with their hearts. They're voting Greens.
At least that's the way it's supposed to work.
Seeing how Howard and W managed to mislead their country into a dodgy invasion (not war) and cower their ppl into a state of paranoia, you would think that, if the masses had their way, dudes like Latham and Kerry will be shoo-ins at the elections.
But that is not the case. Kerry is still way behind W, and Latham, though neck and neck with Howard, is in no way assured of victory.
Who are these ppl who vote for the incumbents? Are they ignorant or nuts or just plain apathetic? Or are they ppl who are aware of how questionable their leaders are, but think since these guys are gonna win anyway, they might as well back a winner? If these ppl get re-elected, they sure know how much shit they can get away with. Dodgy ppl only stay in power if the masses let them. Thing is, the masses may be blinded by propaganda. Smacks of 1984.
There have been ads encouraging ppl to "vote with their hearts" and "be counted". Why do I get the feeling these are funded by the small L liberals?
If everyone voted with their hearts, they will be voting for a change. Sure, no one knows if Latham is going to turn out to be an evil-ler exponent of arsekissing. But there comes a time when one is so disillusioned by the current guy, the new guy is almost certain to be at least as good, if not better.
Maybe it's the circle of friends I hang with (young, professional, Chomsky-reading, SBS-watching types) , they REALLY are voting with their hearts. They're voting Greens.
posted by Erica Tay at 4:29 PM
1 Comments:
the majority of important votes come from ppl with interests other than logic in the sense of what is actually good for the cty or the ppl stayin in there... it's more how much more money can these ppl, if elected, bring to their businesses and investments ... how sad this is don't you think? Howard's gg to win for sure regardless of how much an idiotic and dope he is...
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