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Originally Posted by Matata
Agreed, I refuse to believe that a poorly informed vote is better than no vote. How does someone with virtually no understanding of the political climate voting make our society better?
I think the feel-good 'rah rah rah' nonsense has gone a long ways to poisoning the modern political discourse.
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I usually vote but pretty much this.
The uninformed voter is the singles biggest failing of representative democracy. I am not confident enough in any alternative to want a new system, but it makes me think it is stupid to pressure unengaged people to make an uninformed choice.