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Pastiche · 09-03-2009, 12:31 PM

I'm not so sure we really care about the issues as much as we say we do. If we did we'd be much much more educated on them and the quality of discussion between parties would be much better.

We inherit the political system we deserve. The vast majority of citizens really care less about the issues and rely on tiny placeholders for their political information and political preferences. As such, we have parties crafting and designing messages to fill and satisfy those placeholders.

Thankfully this isn't a feature isolated to Canada. Almost every country in the world has this depth of political discussion. Why? Well most of us would rather not spend our free time researching political issues and getting educated on those matters. That's fine so long as you accept the type of system that that creates.

09-03-2009, 12:31 PM	#249
Pastiche Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Enil Angus Exp:	I'm not so sure we really care about the issues as much as we say we do. If we did we'd be much much more educated on them and the quality of discussion between parties would be much better. We inherit the political system we deserve. The vast majority of citizens really care less about the issues and rely on tiny placeholders for their political information and political preferences. As such, we have parties crafting and designing messages to fill and satisfy those placeholders. Thankfully this isn't a feature isolated to Canada. Almost every country in the world has this depth of political discussion. Why? Well most of us would rather not spend our free time researching political issues and getting educated on those matters. That's fine so long as you accept the type of system that that creates.