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You have an opinion, not a fact. If you think "participation" is only about voting once every 5 years, then you are part of the problem. Although since you sa
by jmcqk6 6y ago
You have an opinion, not a fact.
If you think "participation" is only about voting once every 5 years, then you are part of the problem. Although since you say five years instead of 4, perhaps I shouldn't assume you're american.
Participation in democracy is about more than voting, especially if you're only voting in a fraction of the elections.
- feralimal 6y agoI have an argument, a hypothesis. I have tested it and I don't find it wanting. You have an opinion. You don't have an argument. 4 or 5 years, I won't quibble. And oh, how else do you participate in democracy, except for voting? Does one stand for election? And for me, if I am settled in my thinking that no one represents me and I don't want a part of the extortion system that is in place, do I have to do whatever some group of people say is right to do because they can force me, even though I am doing no harm to another?
- jmcqk6 6y agoVoting is the starting point for participating in democracy. Then you need to make sure you're informed the best you can - this can demand that you move beyond your comfort zone to understand things that you do not. You need to interact with your representatives and hole them accountable. There are many more ways to participate in governance. Your hypothesis fails horribly to manage problems that can be classified under "The problem of the commons." You talk about how people should be able to manage themselves, as though that's all government is doing: managing people. But that's not right at all. Like I said, you're really demonstrating that you don't have an understanding of what government actually does. And even you think that humans should be self-managing, that doesn't magically make them so. Reality quite obviously and repeatedly contradicts this.
- feralimal 6y agoI'm fine to carry on this conversation, but I'm surprised to find that its been flagged. Why? Whether you agree with what I say or not, I think I am expressing a valid viewpoint. I don't think I have been rude or abusive. Do you? Frankly, I don't even know what being flagged means. How does one do it? Will I be banned for my comments?