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If you heard about it, you can bet he was. Nevertheless, power and abuses go hand-in-hand. I don't know what it is about human nature that causes us to give tho
by dclowd9901 13y ago
If you heard about it, you can bet he was. Nevertheless, power and abuses go hand-in-hand. I don't know what it is about human nature that causes us to give those in power the benefit of the doubt. Hell, in America at least, people knew 250 years ago that power begot abuse, and wrote "release valves" into the constitution to prevent that abuse from becoming overwhelming. I wonder why they didn't think people would become overly apathetic in the meantime.
- john_b 13y ago> "I wonder why they didn't think people would become overly apathetic in the meantime." The Founding Fathers were worried about this; they just didn't know of any systematic way to prevent it. I'm not sure there is one.
- Wingman4l7 13y agoDid they ever write any essays or letters on why they didn't make voting compulsory? Was it a feeling that such compulsion impinged on freedoms, or that it wouldn't help fix the problem of apathy? Or did they just think it would be absurd if people voluntarily turned down their chance to pick their representation in government?