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I really don't know why people think elections are not rigged. In my opinion all elections are rigged, why on earth would you risk losing power to the whim of
by godmode2019 5y ago
I really don't know why people think elections are not rigged.
In my opinion all elections are rigged, why on earth would you risk losing power to the whim of the 'unwashed'.
Both parties are two sides of the same coin and go back and forth to give everyone the illusion of choice. But when people mass together and demand social change, BLM ect its allowed to happened only until it starts working, then the authorities crack down with a iron fist.
Its well documented that the USA rigs elections in other countries. So if the technology exists and the appetite exists, what's stopping them? Laws? Morals?
Do we really think that the intelligence community is going to let a random popular citizen have command of the biggest military in the world and a finger on the nuclear button, just because a couple of extra people put their name on a piece of paper?
I think that is absurd, all elections are rigged and to suggest otherwise is naive, holding on to a romantic notion that we choose our leaders.
- daenz 5y agoIn Kill All Others[0] (excellent), there was only one Party, but everyone must vote for it anyways, as a gesture of approval and submitting to the authority. 0. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6912900 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6912900
- 3np 5y agoThis is ridiculous hyperbole. Maybe what you’re saying is true in the US and several other places but there are absolutely unrigged elections elsewhere. Then you could respond with how things are effectively systemically rigged through gerrymandering/news media/misinformation/propaganda/mind control/harassment/selective enforcement but that’s something else.
- godmode2019 5y agoWhere are you thinking? Iceland maybe, but that would be the exception to the rule.
- 3np 5y agoWhat are your sources that elections are rigged in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, New Zealand, Austria, Ireland, Japan, Taiwan, Czech Republic?
- godmode2019 5y agoSorry I wrote something really long but it gave too much information about me.
- blindmute 5y agoIf they were actually rigged, do you honestly believe there would be a mainstream (government approved) source saying that? There are plenty of sources saying that, of course, just none you would believe. So it's really a rather unfalsifiable position innit? "The election isn't rigged, and anyone saying it is is a conspiracy theorist. But please post a source saying it's rigged."
- 3np 5y agoHey, I didn't ask for an official source, just any source.
- frabbit 5y agoWell Ireland was made to vote twice on ratifying the Lisbon Treaty. The people's vote got it wrong the first time with a "no", but after suitable re-education they got it right the next go around. Luckily there was no need for a third vote. There's a nice wikipedia article on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_European_Constitution_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_European_Constitution_re...