tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23257473.post7257178757586032655..comments2023-06-07T03:05:48.618-07:00Comments on Boomer's Words Of Poor Insight: SO MANY REASONS TO BLAME; BUT, OH SO FEW LOOKING IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO POINT THAT FICKLE FINGER OF SHAME.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13829283375082711360noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23257473.post-71184819591946328982017-01-09T20:50:57.514-08:002017-01-09T20:50:57.514-08:00Forcing Americans to do anything usually has a neg...Forcing Americans to do anything usually has a negative result. Forcing Americans to vote when they don't want to, or perceive all candidates to be unworthy of their vote, will incite the opposite of a conscientious decision on their part. Force me to vote, OK, I'll vote for Mickey Mouse, or Putin, that will show you.<br />Americans are idiots who need sales resistance in every aspect of society, especially politics. If a political commercial (usually full of lies) can convince Americans what their beliefs should be, it's no wonder politicians put millions into political ads, because they work. As I've said before if Americans can vote for Nixon the second time knowing Watergate was tied to the White House, or vote for Bush the second time knowing he invaded a country based on lies, then certainly Americans are stupid. <br />We have already ruined the financial future of America voting for the "Voodoo Economics" of Republicans. Electing Trump will help ruin the governments ability to serve the American people and the future political health of America. This all during the Baby Boomer rein of political and business power of their life span of selfishness. Rand totally fits their generational conscience.<br />The only answer is that of an addict. Americans will have to hit the gutter before they reinstate the values that pulled us out of the gutter before. To bad we have to suffer the same as before, because we did not learn the lessons we learned before. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597062711930899788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23257473.post-43177360500213808062017-01-08T12:38:27.229-08:002017-01-08T12:38:27.229-08:00Yea, Magpie, the numbers are embarrassing.
I keep...Yea, Magpie, the numbers are embarrassing.<br /><br />I keep talking up mandatory voting, but this is the absurdly silly reasoning I get with every negative, often even caustic response - "it's not freedom when you have to do something" <br /><br />Of course it's still freedom, you have the choice of obeying the law or not obeying the law. Our lives are literally packed with such choices every single day of our lives. So, why not take something as important as voting for elected officials at least as seriously as we take voting for the freedom to smoke weed?<br /><br />And "mandatory voting will only make things worse as the electorate vote for anyone just to meet their responsibilities."<br /><br />Well then, a lot of us Americans need to grow up and take our responsibilities seriously instead of performing them grudgingly, like a child tasked with mowing the lawn, or washing the dishes. This is not only about the immediate state of our democracy, it's about the continued state of democracy in which our children and grandchildren will be living with.<br /><br />Perhaps that's the problem - like Trump, we've fallen in love with ourselves and every decision we make is about immediate gratification.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829283375082711360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23257473.post-71529011963959476472017-01-07T20:54:08.194-08:002017-01-07T20:54:08.194-08:00You have a point. Democracy is not a spectator spo...You have a point. Democracy is not a spectator sport. If the single biggest proof of political freedom is that you get to choose who governs you, then a lot of people seem to feel that freedom is too much work.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423673258718941141noreply@blogger.com