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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Oh ok, so you're going to basically accuse me of saying something that I never actually said nor insinuated, and then a bunch of people thumb up your post. Nice going guys...
IMO democracy is flawed because people people tend to vote against someone they hate rather than for someone they truly support. This results in an endless spiral of choosing the lesser of two evils. Just look at US politics. No parties outside the main two ever stand a fighting chance, and it's largely because most people simply vote against the party they hate the most. Adding to the problem is that parties outside of the main two simply don't have the resources to promote themselves get known by the electorate.
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Well you seemed to presume the only reason some would vote LPC is because they are blinded by the flow of Trudeau's locks, or that they don't like LPC, just hate CPC. These are the case for some, I'm sure. Some people may actually like the LPC's policies, crazy I know. Some people may have been on the fence but have been pulled to the LPC due to the CPC's transgressions, yeah, that's OK too.
So yea, when you frame it like that, it looks like you're justifying the change in government only based on people hate for CPCs vs the other parties having policies people actually agree with, which is not true, and frankly insulting to those voting anyone other than CPC.
Not to mention, if you are truly disgusted by the way someone behaves to the point that you find it prudent to remove them without being in love with the other parties, they have obviously still looked each option and decided that "anyone but CPC" was their best choice. It doesn't make it wrong or against democracy. That's exactly what democracy gives us the freedom to do, choose what we want (or don't want).
If you have a problem with the way each party is being run, you;re welcome to try and change things yourself. Democracy!