Suffrage plus democracy equals POVERTY!

[artpogi]

Aren't we part of the masses???





*shrugs*

yes we are but we are not part of the ignorant and gullible, at least I know I'm not.

Unfortunately, it's the ignorant and gullible who are the majority of the voting population.

[metatron]

the politicians have to keep the masses poor and dumb.

para di makialam sa pamamalakad ng gobyerno.
para may constituency silang mababaw ang kaligayahan.
para may boboto sa kanila sa eleksyon kahit wala silang alam sa governance -ang importante magaling silang sumayaw at kumanta.

kung lahat ng tao nag-iisip, walang papayag na maging sunudsunuran sa tanga.

dapat democracy plus vile politicians equals poverty

[uls]

Yes, the powers-that-be are happy with the status quo.

as long as the masses are mang-mang, easy to please, and easy to manipulate, the powers-that-be will remain in power.

[GasJunkie]

yes we are but we are not part of the ignorant and gullible, at least I know I'm not.

Unfortunately, it's the ignorant and gullible who are the majority of the voting population.

Then it's "our" job to educate them isn't it? Because all I'm seeing in this thread is complain about this, that and those without offering any real solution except for it's not our fault or it's somebody else's problem.



:fly:

[metatron]

Then it's "our" job to educate them isn't it? Because all I'm seeing in this thread is complain about this, that and those without offering any real solution except for it's not our fault or it's somebody else's problem.



:fly:

the ppcrv accepts volunteers! although we're not allowed to directly influence the voter's choice of candidates, informing juan de la cruz of simple techniques such as making a pre-set list of candidates actually helps them weed the good candidates from the bad.

[artpogi]

Then it's "our" job to educate them isn't it? Because all I'm seeing in this thread is complain about this, that and those without offering any real solution except for it's not our fault or it's somebody else's problem.



:fly:

Oh yes, I can't agree with you more on that.

Why? What's wrong with airing your opinion on the kind of voting public we have?

Not posting solutions in this thread doesn't mean you're not doing anything about the problem.

Maybe they are already doing their part in educating other voters in their own way, and they just don't want us to know.

[GasJunkie]

Why? What's wrong with airing your opinion on the kind of voting public we have?

effect much???




:fly:

[oldblue]

Then it's "our" job to educate them isn't it? Because all I'm seeing in this thread is complain about this, that and those without offering any real solution except for it's not our fault or it's somebody else's problem.



:fly:

there's no sense educating the one's who like to become ignorant for life. for them it's a virtue.

[uls]

Dito kasi sa atin kasi, madami example ng mga tao na umasenso sa diskarte, hindi thru education.

Like Manny Pacman, Efren Bata, mga artista, mga artista turned politician etc...

those people are our people's idols. People are convinced that it just takes diskarte and street smarts and good looks and common sense to get ahead.

"di naman pala kelangan magtapos ng pag aaral e... diskarte lang sa buhay ang kelangan... kita mo si __________."

[GasJunkie]

there's no sense educating the one's who like to become ignorant for life. for them it's a virtue.

I guess, I too should give up(on you) then.





:fly:

[GasJunkie]

yes we are but we are not part of the ignorant and gullible, at least I know I'm not.

Unfortunately, it's the ignorant and gullible who are the majority of the voting population.

that's alot of self righteousness on your shoulder.




:fly:


Edit careful hernia I hear is very painful. :spider:

[artpogi]

that's alot of self righteousness on your shoulder.




:fly:


Edit careful hernia I hear is very painful. :spider:

naaaah, I'm not being self righteous.

I'm just calling it the way I see it.

Re: Hernia, that's what I heard too.

[oldblue]

Aren't we part of the masses???





*shrugs*

nope sir. I dont consider myself as part of it

[GasJunkie]

^^^^^^^^^


all of this




:fly:

[oliver1013]

Our society is no different with pre french revolution France. Where Landlords rule most of the rural areas with the majority of peasants working hard under their control.

[GasJunkie]

what's a ppcrv???




:scratchhead:

[metatron]

what's a ppcrv???

Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting

[GasJunkie]

Huh??? who told you I did???




:fly:


edit It just flew over your head. try harder....

[donbuggy]

Is this the reason democracy can't work? Study find humans are too dumb to pick the right person to lead us | Mail Online

Is this the reason democracy can't work? Study find humans are too dumb to pick the right person to lead us

By Leon Watson
Last updated at 9:46 PM on 29th February 2012

It's a study that would have been music to the ears of Hitler, Stalin and the rest of the 20th century's brutal dictators.

But it may make uncomfortable reading for the rest of us.

Scientists have suggested the theory of democracy has an unfortunate flaw - that most of the public are just too stupid to pick the right candidate

According to the theory, the democratic process relies on the assumption that a majority of citizens recognise the best political candidate, or best policy idea, when they see it.

But a growing body of research has implied that democratic elections produce mediocre leadership and policies.

Research led by Professor David Dunning, a psychologist at Cornell University, shows incompetent people are inherently unable to judge the competence of other people, or the quality of those people's ideas...

Prof Dunning said: 'Very smart ideas are going to be hard for people to adopt, because most people don't have the sophistication to recognise how good an idea is.'

Dr Mato Nagel, a sociologist in Germany, recently implemented Prof Dunning and Prof Kruger's theories by computer-simulating a democratic election...

When such an election was simulated, candidates whose leadership skills were only slightly better than average always won.

Dr Nagel concluded that democracies rarely or never elect the best leaders.

Their advantage over dictatorships or other forms of government is merely that they 'effectively prevent lower-than-average candidates from becoming leaders.

:whoa:

[safeorigin]

democracy is the tyranny of the mob