The ancient Greeks had laws that punished staying neutral in time of civil war with death.
It's good democratic tradition to force people to participate in the community.
People have a duty to pay taxes and get sent to prison when they refuse to pay.
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That's a bit discriminatory. It's only the well educated that can make decisions then? Everyone else is too stupid to know what's best for themselves?
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People aren't supposed to vote based on what's best for themselves. The are supposed to vote for the candidate that best for everyone.
There the slight difference between what the public is interested in and the public interest which Rousseau called the general will.
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there should be work underway in all of africa.. democratic work.. and EU like agreements..
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The EU agreement aren't what you get when you have the kind of democracy where everyone votes what's best for them and that proposal afterwards gets implemented.
When the EU decided to hold referendums on whether it should get a constitution the referendum failed.
If you interpret the EU as a right thing it's a classic example where what the public is interested in and the public interest aren't the same thing.
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The good of the community is a tribal belief.
The good of the individual is the paramount good.
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If you think that I don't really understand why you make those tribalistic arguments against Muslims migrating into the UK.
If it's all about individuals and tribal stuff like being the citizen of a given country and religion doesn't matter you should allow everyone the same rights to live in a country.
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That makes it interesting because it is quite the contrary these sides of the world. Here it is mostly the underprivileged have the time to go to the polling stations while the seemingly enlightened don’t care a rat’s ass about what they consider a waste of precious time.
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How many percent do you believe to be "seemingly enlightened" in your country? Is that an amount of people that would really change election results?