ErmI think a great many people have no idea what a change in the voting system would do to our political system.
This thing isn't just a cog you can replace, but the matrix upon which our entire political system is built.
To suggest that the government would purposefully waste money and time in making it seem like a bad idea is looking past the fact that it IS a bad idea and WOULD take an age to implement correctly.
I don't think many people have any idea what AV actually is or how it works. If they did, they'd realise it's incompatible with our system.
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Fri 8 Apr 2011, 16:49,
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This thing isn't just a cog you can replace, but the matrix upon which our entire political system is built.
To suggest that the government would purposefully waste money and time in making it seem like a bad idea is looking past the fact that it IS a bad idea and WOULD take an age to implement correctly.
I don't think many people have any idea what AV actually is or how it works. If they did, they'd realise it's incompatible with our system.
I don't think many people have any idea how the current system works either though, to be fair.
Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts,
Mon 11 Apr 2011, 0:35,
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isn't that the point......that the system needs to change and the move to AV would provide the foundations upon which said change could be enacted?
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Mon 11 Apr 2011, 14:49,
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But how could it be in any politico's interest to have a lucid voting system? The notion is naive. Politics requires evermore opportunity for subterfuge and added layers of deniability. Any political 'solutions' not arising from 'grassroots' demand will inevitably turn out a Trojan Horse of some sort. But- love to have your support for has-been Yanks & our 'Votescam' free-for-all.
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Tue 12 Apr 2011, 17:16,
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