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Chathamization

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3. Electoral power is what's important

Reply to Egalitarian Thug (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 11:21 PM

Feb 2013

Lots of people being outraged doesn't mean a whole lot of it doesn't change how people votes. Politicians do what gets them elected; they're going to try to maximize the votes they get for each decision. If people complain but don't do anything politically about it, they have no reason to change.

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Our Congress is almost totally corrupt, representative Democracy is dead! [View all] Dustlawyer Feb 2013 OP

The people are not pure and congress is representative of the people. Skidmore Feb 2013 #1

You mean like bailing out the banksters? The People spoke and spoke loudly. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #2

Electoral power is what's important Chathamization Feb 2013 #3