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Yes I agree, if you don't vote (having voted in every election the last 30y and would never not vote) you're ok with the result and can't complain, but from a R
by _Codemonkeyism 8y ago
Yes I agree, if you don't vote (having voted in every election the last 30y and would never not vote) you're ok with the result and can't complain, but from a Remainer standpoint the framing would be "50M didn't vote for Brexit" - then I'd think their arguing would be easier.
Having watched many Commons discussions, it basically always ends with "but the 17M".
- ben_w 8y agoThe trouble with your first point is that UK democracy feels like this: * Vote winner — your fault, don’t get to complain * Vote loser/2nd party — you lost, suck it up, don’t get to complain * Vote 3rd party/spoiled ballot — you wasted your vote, don’t get to complain * Didn’t vote — you must be OK with any outcome, don’t get to complain * Found new party — how interesting, let’s invite you on TV even if you got 249 votes total (Lord Buckethead), but anyone who voted for you still threw away their vote * Left country — who cares, certainly not the council who is supposed to send you a postal vote (happened to a friend of mine in the EU referendum, would’ve voted remain)
- pjc50 8y agoYes. In many ways Brexit is one of those "cascade failures" we read about on COMP.RISKS; democracy has been malfunctioning for a long time, every effort to fix it has been blocked, and now we have the consequences.