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Originally posted by Bend it like Bourgeois@May 17 2005, 09:59 PM
Why do we have to accept the status quo? Why don't people care?
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For the first question I bet you can guess my answer.
I think the status quo (especially in today's political climate) is encouraged by our electoral system.
Why don't people care?
I think it's because they feel like their votes don't count and in a lot of regions they don't. Due to the current electoral system which is basically a tyranny of the majority. Dissenting voices are not heard at all. I can vote Green or NDP this election and so can thousands upon thousands of Albertans and it still won't make any difference. No NDP or Green candidate will be voted in. It's the same situation in a lot of other parts of the country, just change the names of the parties. At least 30% of Albertans have NO voice at all in parliament. Our views are not represented by anybody. How can we change things? How do we get a voice?
So for me, it really does boil down to electoral reform. I see that as the base issue.