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May 07, 2005
Even in the UK
Even in the UK the legitimacy of rule by electoral democracy is starting to be questioned, and this I believe is progress. Not much progress mind you, but a start anyway.
How is it that one political party (New Labour) can utterly dominate English political life with 35.9% of the vote?
“How legitimate is a system that gives total power to a party with barely 36% of the popular vote? Trust in politicians was a big theme of the last term. Maybe trust in the system will be a big theme in the next.” So states Jonathan Freedland in a piece in the Guardian UK on their May 5th general election.
How legitimate is a system that grants anyone from anywhere on the island over age 18 a say in going to war, how much money to take from you in taxes, or whatever the hell else half plus one of them vote on?
Hope springs eternal even for a natural pessimist such as me.
Posted by Ali Massoud at May 7, 2005 05:59 PM
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