(February 8, 2012 at 4:37 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I do think it is silly to count people who don't vote as actual votes. There should be a "none of the above" option, but to take into consideration people who are either too lazy to vote or don't care isn't going to solve any problems. The other alternative is to force people to vote (like in Australia), but I object to that on the grounds that it is authoritarian.
This is one of the reasons why I think democracy in and of itself is just flat out illusion.
Sure, if i HAVE to live in a democracy, then I want to be able to vote labor unions and shit. But if they are going to play games like this then the illusion merely gets worse.
Meh, Democracy only really works well with a small handful of people, and even then it isnt guarenteed to make everyone happy.
