10-31-2014, 10:48 AM
(10-31-2014, 10:11 AM)rickhd Wrote: Of course there is the Australian system of voting or get fined. In a democracy does that make any sense.
Overall it is apathy we feel towards our system. It does not matter who you vote for they all do the same thing. All political parties are the same. Lie, cheat and steal for as long as they can hold onto power.
A mix of democracy, socialism, communism and dictatorship sums up our current form of government.
I think that's a correct perception of the public perception of politics. I don't think it's at all true, at any level of politics (but for different reasons). Federally we do see that different parties implement markedly different policies and emphasize different things. A Dion or Ignatieff government would have been very different from a Harper government. And municipally, there aren't parties. So, what's going on here?