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We live in an era where increasingly it is the government who picks the voters rather than the voters picking the government. Whether it is through immigration
by Mountain_Skies 3y ago
We live in an era where increasingly it is the government who picks the voters rather than the voters picking the government. Whether it is through immigration policy, favoring certain areas over others, or trying to throw up restrictions on voting, across the political spectrum there is a dedicated effort to shape the electorate to be friendly to those in power remaining in power.
- raincom 3y agoSelectorate theory (which is described for the lay people in "The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics") talks about your points: picking voters through (a) immigration policy (b) restrictions on voting, etc.
- p1esk 3y agoIncreasingly? When and where it was ever any better?