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Originally Posted by Skybird
Thinking about that from a different angle: it means you applaud a politician here who does different than he says.
I would say that is part of the reason why politicians mean so much trouble for mankind. 
If you say "it'S just campaigning, you must make big pormises to get elcted even when you know you cannot or will not keep them", I again would say that is a fundamental design flaw in how things work, and it costs us dearly.
It is this discrepance that today is one of the major reasons why I am not longer in principal support of democracy. I have no realistic idea of how to manage entities the size of nations today or even international organisations any better. But still, the thing we have today is leading us into our dawnfall and has given birth to oligarchies that behave and argue like aristocracies of eras long forgotten. |
Good post Skybird. It is a taunting task to "run" a country and I do not believe (at this stage in my life) it can be done efficiently from a one body entity. Democratically or otherwise. In this case Washington DC. I do not know what the answer is but I'm inclined to believe that each state in the union should have more control of said state. Less dependence imposed, accepted or rejected from the Federal government. The relationship between the two has become a game of cash flow for support and legalized extortion. I guess the old mantra of "No big government" would apply.