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Originally Posted by Zarley
I find it unfortunate that so many people base their vote on impressions of the party leader rather than on policy. That's the nature of politics I guess.
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Learning about policy would mean reading and comparing numbers and stuff. Who has time for that?
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Democracy really isn't the "natural" way to govern. Throughout the history of human civilization, very few people have ever had the luxury of living in one.
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Democracy rarely produces strong leadership. But it's quite effective at avoiding terrible leadership.
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
It's an expensive system though and most countries that have it, subsidize it by wealth gained from the labour of poor people in other countries that don't have democracy. Eventually, I think there will be an economic correction.
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What do you mean?