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Originally Posted by nhvoter
A bit arrogant don't you think?
Basically you're saying just because people everywhere don't go off on a pundit-like diatribe every day and say anyone who doesn't agree with them is a brainwashed minion is 'too drugged on consumerism' to care otherwise?
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I didn't say anything of the sort. Im just calling out the significant lack of political participation and real genuine grassroots democratic movements in Canada and the US. (The US used to be good at this).
And what explains this? The only thing i can think of is people have much higher spending power than they used to and as long as they can keep themselves happy with new stuff on a regular basis they really dont want to think about politics.
Why do you think people in this part of the world don't participate in democracy? Is it because we are so good and perfect that we just don't need to?
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Anyways, I'm really not convinced about this whole Chavez thing especially because of the 51/49 result and the lack of US-bashing in his defeat. It seems like this was staged just so he can say later 'you said our elections were fair!' after his Bolivarian circle gangs scare voters into accepting his reforms.
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That is ridiculous.
Andrew