[lit-ideas] Re: Theory of democracy...
- From: Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Paul)
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 25 Aug 2004 21:56:36 PDT
.John expresses the hope that democracy will work. But his hope is based on
idealism. Voters don't know, and worse yet, don't care, what they are voting
on.<
This may be true in national elections; it is surely less true the closer one
gets to a local initiative or referendum.
I find the claim that voters don't care what they are voting on (as if they're
just making random marks on something nomially thought of as a 'ballot')
unconvincing. But I'm sure these conclusions aren't meant to apply to anyone on
this list.
Robert Paul
Reed College
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