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by sgift 1800 days ago
> The governments are putting more and more strict regulations in place for last decades and they often don't care what the society thinks about those.

Society votes for these governments.

I know, we all would prefer to argue that some shadow cabal decides what the government does and society has nothing to do with it, but at the end of the day it still stands: We vote for these people. We get the government we deserve.
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Pick-A-Hill2019 1800 days ago
"We get the governement we deserve"

How often have politicians of all countries said and promised to enact or revoke certain policies during their election campaign and then developed amnesia, stalled until outrage dies down or simply shrug until re-election time?

People don't always get the government they deserve.

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sgift 1800 days ago
The greatest ability of democracies is error correction. Politicians lied in the election campaign? Vote for someone else next time. All current politicians lie? Be a politician. That's not easy, but it is possible. I stand by my assertion: We get the government we deserve.
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krageon 1800 days ago
> Be a politician

The point of a system that has large financial and societal pressure at the top to conform to the wishes of specific lobbying interests is that the pressure is so large you either stop being a politician or do what they say. There is no middle ground.

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krageon 1800 days ago
> Society votes for these governments.

It is better to say that society votes. It definitely does, but when every (and I do mean every) politician that gets in power can come right out and say that they won't do anything they promised it is not reasonable to say society voted for the governments they get. Society has governments and society votes, these two are unconnected facts because of an endemic and deeply toxic lack of accountability on the part of politicians. The lies are blatant, so much so that everyone expects them and sees them coming.

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Chris2048 1799 days ago
society votes for the lesser of two evils, in political systems that are often 2 party races.

> We vote for these people. We get the government we deserve.

So, a poke in the eye, or a kick in the shin? Whatever you get, you deserve..

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