Democracy/dictatorship

[aml]

At the end of the day is there really any difference

[ber]

At the end of the day is there really any difference

Well not here anyway its a democracy once u agree with the dictator

[Doozer]

Well not here anyway its a democracy once u agree with the dictator

Just to clarify Ber , do you mean Ireland or E-I?

[ber]

Just to clarify Ber , do you mean Ireland or E-I?

U only use clarity to judge a good wine

[Doozer]

U only use clarity to judge a good wine

I think you missed your calling Ber. You would have been a born English professor

[ber]

Even when u get a "democratically " elected goverment how democratic is it? u get may be a 65% turnout a party will prob be elected with 40% of that so that works out at 26% of the people that voted. Seeing as 35% never voted plus all the people
under 18 that would deff be half the population or more ,so now we are down to half of 26% which is 13%
Now we would with those figures be after having what would be called a landslide victory when i reality about 1 in 8 people support
that goverment by voting for them. Not so democratic now is it?
We have a tendency to blame the people for voting the goverment in when in reality only a tiny minority have

[Doozer]

Even when u get a "democratically " elected goverment how democratic is it? u get may be a 65% turnout a party will prob be elected with 40% of that so that works out at 26% of the people that voted. Seeing as 35% never voted plus all the people
under 18 that would deff be half the population or more ,so now we are down to half of 26% which is 13%
Now we would with those figures be after having what would be called a landslide victory when i reality about 1 in 8 people support
that goverment by voting for them. Not so democratic now is it?

Sure if only 1 person votes in an election it would be a landslide victory for that persons choosen party.
Thats the thing Ber you can only count the votes for the peole who do vote

[ber]

Sure if only 1 person votes in an election it would be a landslide victory for that persons choosen party.
Thats the thing Ber you can only count the votes for the peole who do vote

Ure missing the point, the point im making is that in reality only 1 in 8 people chose the goverment they have and we keep
talking about majorities. I accept the apathy of the people is not the politicans fault or is it

[Doozer]

Ure missing the point, the point im making is that in reality only 1 in 8 people chose the goverment they have and we keep
talking about majorities. I accept the apathy of the people is not the politicans fault or is it

well mabey if the rest came out snd voted things would be slightly diffrent now

[anitasizzle]

Even when u get a "democratically " elected goverment how democratic is it? u get may be a 65% turnout a party will prob be elected with 40% of that so that works out at 26% of the people that voted. Seeing as 35% never voted plus all the people
under 18 that would deff be half the population or more ,so now we are down to half of 26% which is 13%
Now we would with those figures be after having what would be called a landslide victory when i reality about 1 in 8 people support
that goverment by voting for them. Not so democratic now is it?
We have a tendency to blame the people for voting the goverment in when in reality only a tiny minority have

Several years a survey showed that 50% of 18-25 year olds don't think politics effect their lives; how then wondered how can a group of people who live in a country called the 'Republic of Ireland' not think politics effects their lives