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Originally Posted by FIREWALL
If the public can't or won't look at the information available to them today they deserve what they get and what happens to them.
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Thats the basic thing isn't it. I mean CNN or Fox News or The Wall Street Journal or any other publication is suspect to many of us. And the vast majority of people around here with strong opinions don't base them on the flimsy propoganda that we go ton most networks, or the shallow coverage of events.
The sad fact is that most people base their vote on the last speech any candidate gives. For many people "tax cut" is more than enough. The lack of political sophistication is the main cause for most of the run away idiocy we have in our democracies. I mean Bush in 2000 I can understand. But the real stupidity comes from the fact that Bush had a negative approval rating in '04 and still he won. Reflexive voting.
If people are too lazy or stupid to be conscious citizens and to vote with intelligence, or hell even vote to begin with (Canada had a poor ~30% turn out last time) then whatever bad stuff happens we deserve.
When I say this tts not just a left wing diatribe, but a universal thing. I don't care if you vote for my preferred candidate. I still think you an a$$hole if you do it for anything other than intelligent reasons.