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Originally Posted by bladeofdarkness
1)there is no such place where the people who run the government are "good" people
you dont get that far ahead in politics without being a bastard
the hope one should have when voting for someone is that in the big picture, they would end up doing more good then harm 
2)the advantage of the democratic system is that if someone gets voted into office and then backstabs the people who voted for them
they would not get re-elected because of it
complaining is fine and protesting is fine, because these methods show the people in charge that the public is displeased with their actions and that their future in politics is in jeopardy |
2) Not when all the condidates propose approximatively the same things on some topics. As you would see in France nowadays, Sarkozy is everything but popular. Fact is, he might get re-elected because the other possible candidates so far are even worse than him. And when an election happens, we can't say "all the canidates suck, so this election is not valid". No, we can't. So, even if only 10% of people vote, the election is valid.
Protesting? Yeah sure. As I said, in France, we did cut heads once. It might happen again if politicians from whatever party they are continue to play the dictators who think they can do whatever they want because they got the power to do so.
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but once you let "the people" run the country, you make it impossible for the country to actually work
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Care to prove that Switzerland does not work?