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Brad
Selfish Heathen
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
 
2011-11-17, 01:35

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Originally Posted by drewprops View Post
Elect new leaders.


It's rare that I find a candidate whom I think to actually be worthy of a vote, and when I do vote, it's often just voting against the other guy that's even worse oh god no please I don't want HIM/HER in office. It's the classic symptom of a two-party, first-past-the-post voting system, and there's zero motivation within the leading parties to change that because, well, the system works to their benefit.

The few intelligent, charismatic, and visionary people for whom I do have great respect and think would be good leaders generally have no interest in politics. Rightfully so. It would probably ruin them.

*shrug*

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