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Why do they feel "unheard"? Every election results in close to 50% of the voters not getting the candidate they voted for. It doesn't mean their issues weren't
by danielmarkbruce 6y ago
Why do they feel "unheard"? Every election results in close to 50% of the voters not getting the candidate they voted for. It doesn't mean their issues weren't discussed.
Now more than ever, anyone can have a voice. A child can make videos unboxing toys and millions will watch. You can tweet, blog, video, write essays, make podcasts and so on. I'm not aware of any point in history when people could be heard more than now.
- throwaway2245 6y ago> Every election results in close to 50% of the voters not getting the candidate they voted for. Every election in the USA. Plenty of countries manage to have a proportional electoral system, where a large fraction of people get to feel appropriately represented. With such a bipartisan division in politics, it doesn't matter whether the issues were "discussed": there won't be compromise across the centre line.
- thrwyoilarticle 6y agoAs can someone pretending to be a child. And they can make 5 accounts pretending to be different people. If it is revealed that they take money from Big Toy then, provided they protected their identity enough, they can just move on to another account. Our mindset is based around a form of discourse where we stop listening to people when we discover they're using their free speech to lie. Now you don't know who the liars are.