The problem was that there were a dozen spurious reasons to vote No, and very few compelling ones to vote yes, and that the main political parties fumbled the whole thing anyway, have been fumbling the whole thing for a decade or more.
the main political parties fumbled the whole thing anyway, have been fumbling the whole thing for a decade or more.
It's also true that democracy just doesn't work in the face of media control and manipulation
Yep.
media control and manipulation doesn't work in a democracy, redefining democracy a little perhaps!
simply giving un- or misinformed people a vote is not full democracy, methinks, and if people are allowed and encouraged to follow, observe, critique and participate more, (which is happening at a rapid rate), then politicians get away with spinning and psywarring, and the public are continually buying a pig in a poke.
an uninvolved electorate is a sign of luxury in a society, that things are going so (sink or) swimmingly in material terms that people cast but a shallow lookaround at the big wheels turning overhead.
in harder (and better informed) times, i think politicians will have to be a lot more real and accountable, cognitive dissonance is already at snapping point,recent world events making it ever more obvious how much we've been played for fools. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
oops, i meant until people... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
