I don’t buy that they are “willing” anymore. I’ve been lied to and betrayed by far too many politicians on every governmental level, and from all kinds of different parties, and as long as they face exactly zero consequences for essentially defrauding their voters, this won’t change.
Well, as long as voters think they’re all the same (and thus they might as well not vote, or vote for the ones who’ve actually done the lying), then yes, they will have zero consequences.
This is unnecessary doomerism IMO. There are plenty of parties and politicians out there willing to make a difference.
I don’t buy that they are “willing” anymore. I’ve been lied to and betrayed by far too many politicians on every governmental level, and from all kinds of different parties, and as long as they face exactly zero consequences for essentially defrauding their voters, this won’t change.
Well, as long as voters think they’re all the same (and thus they might as well not vote, or vote for the ones who’ve actually done the lying), then yes, they will have zero consequences.
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Look where the 1968 APO ended up. They got corrupted by the time they were able to occupy powerful positions.
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Usually in the wrong direction.
In my country, which is part of the Europe, the only decent parties, in my view, do <1% of the vote…
A swiss-like system would be a good start, with a more direct, horizontal democracy, but basically nobody advocates for it.