In the US, representative democracy just means that the more money you have, the more your special interest get represented. Is there still room for regular people to have a say?
UPDATE: I understand that voting is important. But the problem goes beyond people not voting. At what point do we realize that the 2-party system is broken. This post by a friend pretty much sums it up.
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3 comments:
Yeah, I think regular people still have a say... They get to decide which of the special interest group topics funded by agenda-based rich people they like (via voting or whatever).
Now, if your topic isn't funded by anyone, then we may have a problem in just how much of a say you'd have...
Or another problem is that you're constantly having to pick the lesser of two evils. You might like politician A because of his stance on issue 1 but have to turn a blind eye to his horrible stance on issue 2.
-Bob
No. There's not. It's unfortunate.
its called voting my friend. thats how we have a say. as far as the money in politics, thats why we need campaign finance reform. thats why we need a system similar to what they have in the uk -> publicly financed.
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