Voting is Pointless because I have a strong-interest in Democracy

[Fisherking]

Well, there is always George Carlin’s view. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsL6mKxtOlQ

Language!!!! if you never heard George Carlin....

[Beskar]

Well, there is always George Carlin’s view. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsL6mKxtOlQ

Language!!!! if you never heard George Carlin....

One fundamental issue is that we all imagine we are smarter than average when this is mostly not the case. You have those other Carlin's like "Imagine the average person and realise 50% are dumber than that". In the video he comes on about how we are all blissfully unaware of what is going on, not able to think for ourselves.

What he said is true, Corporations do lobby with billions and they try their best to grab people by their most sensitive areas. So what is the solution? Moan about it with apathy and not giving a damn, or actually going out there to do something to change it. If you are playing internet warrior whilst doing jack-all about the situation, cannot even be bothered to vote, then you are just as bad, if not worse, than the 'sheeple' people bemoan about.

It is the same as walking into a restaurant and saying: "give me something off the menu"
You wait till you eventually get the kids meal chicken dippers covered in sweet&sour sauce dip.
You complain the waiter "What is this? When I said give me something, I didn't expect or want this, why not the steak?"
Waiters: "Sir, did you order the steak?"
You shuffle uncomfortable in your chair "No, I didn't"
Waiter replies: "Next time, when you want Steak, order it".

Who is the person in the wrong, the waiter or the customer? Who is the person who didn't voice what they wanted and thus didn't get it?

[Fisherking]

One fundamental issue is that we all imagine we are smarter than average when this is mostly not the case. You have those other Carlin's like "Imagine the average person and realise 50% are dumber than that". In the video he comes on about how we are all blissfully unaware of what is going on, not able to think for ourselves.

What he said is true, Corporations do lobby with billions and they try their best to grab people by their most sensitive areas. So what is the solution? Moan about it with apathy and not giving a damn, or actually going out there to do something to change it. If you are playing internet warrior whilst doing jack-all about the situation, cannot even be bothered to vote, then you are just as bad, if not worse, than the 'sheeple' people bemoan about.

It is the same as walking into a restaurant and saying: "give me something off the menu"
You wait till you eventually get the kids meal chicken dippers covered in sweet&sour sauce dip.
You complain the waiter "What is this? When I said give me something, I didn't expect or want this, why not the steak?"
Waiters: "Sir, did you order the steak?"
You shuffle uncomfortable in your chair "No, I didn't"
Waiter replies: "Next time, when you want Steak, order it".

Who is the person in the wrong, the waiter or the customer? Who is the person who didn't voice what they wanted and thus didn't get it?

I think it was also Carlin who said:

We have two political parties in this country. One is stupid and the other one is evil. Some times they get together in bipartisan fashion and pass laws that are both stupid and evil.

Actually we have only a political class. Not parties. They are very good at rhetoric and finger pointing as a distraction. They have subsidized the business interests in a way that has corrupted the whole system.

I don’t for a moment think that I have the answers to the worlds problems. Governments need changed but it is more the people in government than the underlying framework, at least in the US.

Most people are satisfied to just keep voting for their party and thinking that will change the course but it never does.

Perhaps the only way is what has happened in the spring uprisings and in Ukraine but those never go well either.

All I know is that I find my self unwilling to accepting things as unchangeable. Lets try to change those things we find unacceptable. Like accepting politicians that lie, cheat, and defraud the people.