There is no democracy really, if I don't get to be the president
By boldriq
@boldriq (201)
Slovenia
February 21, 2007 2:15pm CST
They tell us we live in a democracy. They tell us that democracy is the people's choice of everything. But how could the democracy exist when we are given only the possibility to choose from the candidates they enlisted. I know that this is the way to keep things out of chaos, but there should be a way that a man (or a woman) who is most cappable and fair to get infront, even if he or she hasn't been a political figure for years and years.
2 responses
@MrNiceGuy (4141)
• United States
22 Feb 07
You can vote for whoever you want to, its just that they probably wont win if the rest of the country thinks they'd be a lousy President or would rather have someone else do it.
Would it be democracy if YOU got everything you wanted? That would be a dictatorship.
@boldriq (201)
• Slovenia
24 Feb 07
But that's the problem. People are not informed and educated enough to know who the best candidate would be and why. Ans those who are choose their candidate because of their greedy interests.Well, mostly. Because the world is corrupted. And there can be as many oppinions regarding this discussion as there are people in the world. But the fact remains.
@rissab (35)
• United States
21 Feb 07
Well, I agree that there should be some sort of process, but the American public has a lot to do with what goes on as well. If we don't unite and tell Big Brother how we feel then we will continue to be lead by the nose. One thing I never understood though was, Ok, you have your different parties and then by the time it's time for the Presidential election you have one candidate from each party right? What I don't get is why cant they let all of the nominees from each party run for president? And why do we have to choose a ticket partnership? Why can't we pick our president from all the candidates running AND pick our vice president? It's too much all or nothing for my tastes.
@boldriq (201)
• Slovenia
24 Feb 07
What you have described is how the system works. And each subquestion you've brought up is a subject to discuss. I'm glad that you're aware of how the system works and that you know that we could make it work better. It's just that if you work your way up, to the point where your oppinion matters and you can make a change, you have to make so many compromises and give in to more influenciall people so many times, ofcourse benefiting along the way, that at the end you decide that the world can not be changed by one person alone. And that at least you are the one for whom you've made the change and you don't want to make your situation bad, now that you've got yourself such a good life. And if you actually do get to be the president, let's not forget that it's lobists who run the world and not the public figures. So, the only way that the change could be made is to skip all the way, from socialy concerned human, right up to the presidency. Sure. Like that's gonna happen anytime soon, or at all, for that matter. So there. Back to stoneage, with todays knowledge, is the answer.
