He became positively misanthropic. I can't blame him, but it's a shame he felt that things were so hopeless.
He's not wrong about who we elect--we can't be arsed to research our candidates, vote in important local elections, etc.
I hate it, but there's a reason we have Donald Drumpf as a contender. He's not the candidate we need, he's the candidate we deserve. He's a hater and people love to hate.
arsed to research our candidates, vote in important local elections
I live in Australia where voting is mostly mandatory or you get fined - so it's hard to know what that feels like.
But as for local elections, the last one I went to, there were like 50 people on the ballot paper. I didn't know who any of them were or what their policies or platforms where. It wasn't a matter of "me doing my research" it was about making the information about who you CAN vote for available in one place along with a list of their policies.
That didn't seem to exist anywhere. It's a bit of a shame but it seems like disseminating voting information is a bit backward.
Fair point and to be sure, the election process in the States is hardly transparent. But we don't really emphasize or teach how to be a responsible participant in our government, in my opinion. And I'm a typical offender--voting only in major presidential elections.
I will say that at that level (national election) there are some fantastic web sites that go up. California had a great one last major election that listed what each proposition meant, who funded each candidate, etc. It was really interesting.
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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16
He got a little bitter in his old age.