The True Democracy

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
-Winston Churchill


This saying by Winston Churchill was probably right. In this day and age almost everyone hates politics. Only about 5% of mothers actually want their children to become the president of the United States because a. our government is just blatantly corrupt, and b. the general populace no longer has much interest in politics. This country has an average voter turn out rate of about 45% and politics is almost a taboo subject in many places because no one even wants to talk about politics anymore. Without people to vote, the very foundations of an aristocracy will be formed. In which only a very small amount of people have the most power. In fact this is already starting. The current amount of money that candidates need to get into a presidential race is in the high millions. Many people don't have that kind of money to campaign so people can't run. This is a country in only the rich can be powerful, and the average voter is almost completely oblivious to the world outside their own bubble. Yes, maybe people will become fed up eventually like with the war in Iraq, but these were the same people that could have prevented this if they had been researching politics in the 2004 election. We need to reclaim our right to power. As the people of this democratic republic, we need to pay more attention to our national and international politics. If this occurs, we can be sure that a mistake like re-electing Bush will never be repeated.

The statistics of this post can be found in the book "Where Have All the Leaders Gone" by Lee Iococca