| ▲ | flkiwi 3 hours ago |
| Well the obvious solution is take away the vote for over-65s! /s … maybe |
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| ▲ | mikkupikku 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| They do have less stake in the future and want short term policy payoffs... |
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| ▲ | generic92034 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Combine that with the initiatives of many a conservative or liberal political party to raise the retirement age beyond or up to 70 years. Yeah, you have to work but you are not allowed to drive or vote any longer. Sounds fair. |
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| ▲ | HPsquared 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| It's not like voting does anything, anyway. Once elected, they do what they want. |
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| ▲ | steveBK123 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I’ve come around to the belief that the biggest benefit of democracy is not choosing the best and wisest leaders. The benefit is the regular ability to remove bad leaders. It doesn’t always happen as fast as we want but it happens eventually. It’s not perfect, but imagine your least favorite president instead presiding for decades until death or coup. | |
| ▲ | zdc1 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | The purpose of a system is what it does. There's lots of literature on what the best, or at least better, voting systems (hello preference voting) and decision making approaches are. Getting them implemented is another story. | | |
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