Quote Originally Posted by Faust|
Well you didn't convince me. The area you're talking about isn't what bothers me, in fact to me its a moot point.

Let me clarify: How about we travel to Europe in the feudal age and ask the peasants if they are satisfied with the overall direction of their country?

What is worse, now, is that even the aristocrats are "peasants"... and the most ignoble are "aristocrats".
So, your hostile to any poll that asks how a person feels about their nation's future prospects because unless we assume they have the power to change things we should never ask their feelings? How odd. Putting aside the obvious practical check such a critique encounters in a nation with suffrage, I guess the real issue is why does any praxis have to inform asking about a person's feelings on a thing?