Rex Murphy: In Justin Trudeau's world, Christians need not apply

[SvennoJ]

Ka-pi96 said:

SvennoJ said:

Democracy is fucked anyway, 1 choice every 4 years on hundreds of issues. Yet voting on separate issues doesn't work either. Maybe in the future we can have a MMO called Sim Canada, and everyone can participate trying to balance the budget. Would be an interesting social experiment.

Yep, it is. Democracy just isn't very effective when it's on a scale as large as this. I believe someone once said 'Democracy is the worst form of government, except all those that came before it' or something like that. And it's true, democracy is a terrible way to run a country, but what better way is there?

Democracy by election is about as effective as running a marathon for cancer. It mostly raises awareness. We have no better way atm. With current technology we can poll everyone about every issue, yet that only makes it easier to down vote things and cornering politicians with no options to make compromises or raise funds. Petitions are a great tool, yet if you ask what should we do instead or how should that be funded, you usually get a 'not my problem' as answer.

But it's really not that bad, we're doing pretty well over all.