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Political apathy comes from the political party that would most benefit from low turnout. If you are disappointed with politics that is a reason to vote. If yo
by themitigating 4y ago
Political apathy comes from the political party that would most benefit from low turnout.
If you are disappointed with politics that is a reason to vote. If you don't care, that's a valid reason not to vote
- Semaphor 4y agoBeen preaching that for years, but I can certainly see where "it doesn’t matter anyway" comes from.
- em-bee 4y agobut it doesn't matter. all parties pander to a majority to get votes. minority interests are ignored everywhere, and consequently none of the available parties have any redeeming qualities that make them a better choice than the others. the whole system is broken. the parties waste most of their energy to fight each other instead of cooperating to actually solve problems. i want to throw out the whole lot and replace it with a system that is actually representative of the communities. is there any party anywhere that can achieve that?
- earth-adventure 4y agoAt this point in time, on this planet - not as far as I know. It's against human nature. It's why I love Star Trek TNG, as cheeky as it can be at times, it's always reasoning about human behavior and defining its shortcomings. And trying to overcome those. Maybe the Swiss with their voting on all issues system, are a step in the right direction.
- whimsicalism 4y agoIs there not a limit case? Would you tell people in China, "if you are disappointed with politics, vote in your People's Congress elections?"
- themitigating 4y agoAssuming there's a choice, I'm not familiar with Chinese elections, then yes. Why not vote? What is the advantage of that?
- RegnisGnaw 4y agoOf course there is a choice. You get "Person A" from the CCP or "Person B" from the CCP. I mean even in the DPRK, you can vote for whoever you want. Its what happens afterwards..
- themitigating 4y agoSo you are claiming in the DPRK voting is rigged? Do you have proof of this?
- bonzini 4y agoIn DPRK there is only one choice on the ballot that you can optionally cross out to disapprove. That doesn't happen often or at all; I suppose they'd know who does it based on the time it takes to vote.
- RegnisGnaw 4y agoThe polling station worker watches you, there is no secrecy.
- themitigating 4y agoThen it's not an election and my statement doesn't apply This is like saying 'yeah but what if the car turns out to be electric" if I told you to change your oil every 5k miles
- whimsicalism 4y agoPeople might view it as giving legitimacy to a process.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago> Political apathy comes from the political party that would most benefit from low turnout. This is very reductive, you've lost sight of the trees and only see the forest. Politically apathetic people have a wide array of personal reasons for being the way they are. You don't know what's going on in all of their lives, you can't reduce all of their life experiences and feelings into one big conspiracy.