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it's an obligation and it's a right, isn't it? "Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote." - George Nathan

• philwelch 16y ago
  Far, far more bad officials were elected by good citizens who did vote.
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  • Semiapies 16y ago
    I'm pretty sure all of them were, in fact...
    • philwelch 16y ago
      I'm sure a lot of bad politicians were elected by stupid or evil voters (i.e. bad citizens).
      • Semiapies 16y ago
        Prove it. Wait, you can't - you can't even identify the "stupid" or "evil" voters except by circularly defining them as "people who voted for bad politicians". For that matter, you can't identify the "good" ones except for "the ones who voted for good politicians".
        • philwelch 16y ago
          I'm not making a circular definition at all. I'm just saying that bad politicians can be elected by good people (who are naive or deceived), but they can also be elected by bad people (who agree with the bad politician's bad aims, for instance).
• afterburner 16y ago
  Good citizens can be lied to. (For example.)