Structure is irrelevant while the electorate refuse any responsibility for their voting. Problem is people who have political bias and stick to it in a bigoted

Structure is irrelevant while the electorate refuse any responsibility for their voting. Problem is people who have political bias and stick to it in a bigoted prejudiced way. On top of that, we have political apathy. Numbers wise, the majority is a non vote. A change I would make is to make voting a legal requirement, but there must be a none of the above option. If "none of the above" wins, we vote again. Tedious, but hopefully it would force thought. Under no circumstances should a forced vote not include none of the above. I would personally freak if I were forced to vote for what we have now. I would be a NotA people. Over all though, its down to us. The system is there for us to use. Information to base decisions on is out there like never before. Even in the US where both parties spend 100s of millions of $s lying and trashing, Americans could get to the truth, ignore the BS, and vote accordingly. But like every one else in a democratic country, the vast majority just dumbly vote for their usual party with out any thought what so ever. So, its hardly surprising that the politicians rig it all accordingly, and take very little notice of any one but their core vote, and their prejudices. Tangent: If you want a real leap, this why I partly understand (and please, not condone, justify, excuse, support, or anything else) terrorists attacking civilians. No point attacking military or politicians as they are enforcing our democratic will. Logically it makes sense, especially from afar. They think that if they change our votes, things will change for them. We are responsible for the actions of our democratic governments, because we validate them with votes. On the flip side, in a dictatorship, there is no point attacking civilians as they have no power and the government doesn't really care since it doesn't need votes. Its like my mum used to say to me, "Don't hate or fear the Soviet people, they don't get to vote" But of course, there is an implication there.