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Just signed... let's hope this does something. Sometimes I think the mass protests done in Egypt recently will be the only way our government actually listens
by FridayWithJohn 13y ago
Just signed... let's hope this does something. Sometimes I think the mass protests done in Egypt recently will be the only way our government actually listens
- bayesianhorse 13y agoI try not to judge people, but in this case I have to judge this opinion to be wrong and harmful. Egypt's mass protests are something completely different. They had reasons which are some orders of a magnitude more grave. With that kind of turnout, voters in the US could change this policy using only normal "democratic" channels...
- tomelders 13y agoI have to agree with you. It seems the sickness in the UK at least is that everyone complains that it's not a democracy, but very few people actively engage in it. I don't know anyone other then myself who'd ever written to an MP to ask a question, challenge an idea or simply register their concerns. You can't say they don't listen if you don't try to talk to them. That's not to say everything is hunky dory. But it's far from too late for people to pull their socks up and take on the responsibility of forcing their elected representatives to act on their behalf.
- etherael 13y agoHow? By voting for the other party that also supports and implements the exact same fascist legislation? I don't understand why people still have faith in the political process despite the abundance of evidence indicating it's a cryptofascist illusion.