Perhaps you're just seeing what you want to see. I don't do mind games. Words mean what their definitions are. Anything else is opinion, not fact. Cite me what words exactly you are referring to that would be objectively defined as an "apology."
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The real problem is no one votes. It's the bare minimum level of effort. It's the participation trophy. They can do all that because we put them there with embarrassingly bad voter turnout. We spend more time complaining than actually voting.
All of those problems are the symptoms of an unrepresentative government, and a government tends to represent the people who vote for them. If no one votes, they'll listen to the highest bidder.
So what do you propose? Do what instead of voting? Seems like the lowest hanging fruit to me. The left tends to win with turnout. The left tends to be more progressive and more conducive to evidence based problem solving. Fixing the parties at the primary level seems like the lowest effort solution for the largest pay off.
Encouraging voter apathy is counterproductive, unless you are going to propose we do something else that's more effective for the same energy expenditure.
I truly believe that if every person who complained about politics spent as much time voting as they did complaining, we'd have a more representative government.
We complain about a government that is corrupt, run by the wealthy as if we're not the ones who put them there. Inaction is an action. Why should they represent our interests if we don't even vote? All not voting tells a politician is that you aren't their constituent.
Let's not bemoan specificity. If anything, we need accurate, fine details more than ever.
All the guy said what he disagreed with the portion of the title which stated that the special was "filled" with specific jokes. That particular claim IS indeed a percentage issue.
If you are taking the point further and saying that percentages shouldn't matter, even 1% is too much, that's a SEPARATE claim. It doesn't address the original claim.
Oh and one more thing.
Most competent people would just pick: destroy the group responsible for the attack at all costs.
Yeah, and how's that been working out for peace in the middle East? Doesn't feel like the whole region is enjoying the decisions of the "competent" people. For decades. Maybe the problem is itchy trigger fingers like yours. Justice and Vengeance are rarely the same thing.
Example? Just so I'm not beating around the bush, here's what I mean by being kind, and you can let me know if Israel has been kind to Palestinians by this metric.
You cannot rule without consent of the governed. I'm not super well versed on what's been tried, but violence, terrorism, and crime are generally carried out by unhappy, stressed people.
From what I've gathered, Palestinian areas in Israel are basically little more than glorified prisons with terrible living conditions.
My question is, what control does Israel have over their living conditions, and what control do the Palestinians have over their local government.
Can they meaningfully improve their lives on their own? How has Israel been kind?
My question is a statistical inquiry. Your question is a bit more complex, I'm not even sure what that data would look like.
I'm lost, did they repeal HIPAA? Can I freely distribute PHI now?
How common are faithless electors?
No, it holds regardless. Your argument is the same as saying there's no point in voting if you don't win.
Your real problem is as I said, Primary Elections, where we have EXCEPTIONALLY terrible voter turnout. The primaries are where you choose your party representatives. If you are complaining about the General election, the fight was already lost.
What are you talking about? When I say consent of the governed, I am referring to living Palestinians.
The problem is the spoiler effect. It's a well documented shortcoming of FPTP.
We need to all ask ourselves what is the biggest impact I can make politically with the energy I am willing to spend. For me, energy spent voting should never be LESS than energy spent complaining about politics.