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Actually, I think there's a stage before all this: 0) Withdrawal. No political party represents me, and the ones in existence represent other groups. There's n
by jlangenauer 15y ago
Actually, I think there's a stage before all this:
0) Withdrawal. No political party represents me, and the ones in existence represent other groups. There's nothing I can do to change the system, and it's not even worthwhile voting. I'm going to watch Jersey Shore.
In most Western countries, there's a lot of people in stage 0. It's a problem for any putative democracy.
- mchusma 15y agoActually, withdraw may be the last stage (or at least the most logical one). Public choice theory looks at this in depth. Essentially, if your vote doesn't really matter (and statistically it almost never does), then understanding may be too much work with too little payoff. I would say that is why the founders thought limited government was best (although that seems to no longer actually be the case)