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It appears to me that in a whole load of 'countries with so called democratic governments', the choice given to the citizens when it comes to voting is zero. 
I do not know what the voter participation rate is in the US, in Australia it is high because you get a fine if you don't vote. 
All the same, there are those who prefer to pay the fine, one TV/Radio personality, always pays the fine, as he says, there is no choice. 
I totally loath Election time, all the spin and lies, totally false, predictable and shallow. How can the crap political advertising affect the outcome?It does! 
These political commentators and media interviewers, all playing there part in the political pantomime, (actually true pantomime is more real as it caricature's real life, morals and so on, political pantomime is quite the opposite it deals in fantasy, and lies). How many decades of conditioning has there been to reach the point that people cease to reason? You do not have to be brilliant to see through all this abomination, you just have to be awake, Thomas Merton likened the masses as being zombies, that was 40 years ago. 
I suppose the corner will be turned one day, but I believe it will take some unforeseen massive event. That is when some honest political organizations will come to the fore. 
Why do Australians like me watch what is happening in the US, well in a sense we are in bondage to US,(to me the Coalition is just the Australian branch of the US Republican party, and we know damn well that what happens in the US as sure as hell will affect us. 
 
Mike

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