nvKyleBrown
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I don't see voting as pointless at all. I understand there are other people out there with differing opinions, and I will not always get my way. That's why we vote. I don't agree with the oligopoly opinion at all either. University professors are always feeling hurt that people don't just do what they say - and to them that means the country is not a democracy. If it were a democracy, we'd do what they say, so, well, if we disagree with them we're fascists, or the people voted into office are oligarchs, or some other name calling. Recognize sour grapes when you see it.
As far as the "inconsequential" arguments, it is up to people to decide for themselves what they think is important and what they want to fight/vote/protest over. That IS democracy - the people decide what the issues are, as well as voting on them.
My main reason for visiting this site is to gain insight into cultural thinking. So, I am always curious when someone declares how bad country X is, how much better Y is, why they would continue to live in X rather than move to Y. Honestly, I have doubts that X is really so bad in the writer's eyes. The fact that he still lives there says something - that he is being a bit hypocritical about how terrible it is. I am less "love it or leave it" and more "why do you chose to live in an inferior area, by your own measure?" I don't live in the same state where I was born. I could probably move back if I wanted to, but I do not want to. I'm curious about people who decide to live somewhere they don't like, that is alien thinking to me. I have to believe that most of the people on this board that are over 18 can chose where to live (to some degee at least). Particularly if you are a non-American in the US, you have the option to go back to your home country. If you're Pakistani in Pakistan (or American living in America), you may have no option, but if your living outside your home country, it would be rare to be so limited.