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The death of the elected government is just around the corner
Definition: Government: the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office.
The empty ballot box
One day in the future there will be ballot box suspended in motion in a museum that will represent the last election in some country somewhere and it will hold the results of the election forever, never to be counted.
So, who won the election you say? The people won and the concept of an elected government will be no more. It will be looked back in history as a farce. Quite cold you might say? Afterall the bastion of democracy is rooted in the ability for all to vote right?
As we come towards the biggest soap opera in the world, the US election of 2020 we are reminded of the folly of political systems that marginalise nearly 50% of the eligible voting public. So, what’s the point? Well, nearly half the population that could vote, don’t. So are they the biggest “party for the non-voters” by default? There is a sniff that voter turnout in the US election will be the highest in a hundred years so all may not be lost…
Think about it. You’ve hired 100 people and only 50 turn up. You are willing to raise the wealth and protect the other 50. You will give them healthcare and education but…
