mattrock1988 wrote:
Not putting words in your mouth, but I get the impression that we should just throw the baby out with the bathwater and screw democracy, because people chose wrongly. *shrugs*
Sometimes, yeah, I think democracy is a shitty idea in the face of how uneducated and popularity-contest-focussed the electors have become.
I think that following any concept as an absolute is dangerous. Just because a concept is ideologically sound, doesn't mean the outcomes are better.
In this case, I think a margin of <10% should have at least prompted a second poll following some further public consultation, particularly when it's a YES/NO question, and the fallout is likely to be so immense.
mattrock1988 wrote:
I guarantee you, your statement wouldn't even be uttered if Remain won by even 0.5%. It's only mob rule if the wrong side wins. This is a risk with democracy. Sometimes it goes your way, and sometimes it doesn't.
I will repeat for your benefit that I don't live there, I have no immediate stake in the outcome. I've only followed it as a curiosity. I would probably be commenting on the "leave" people's saltiness if the outcome was reversed.
mattrock1988 wrote:
Mob rule my ass. Both sides played dirty here, but the majority have spoken.
When one half of a population gets to dictate how the other half live, yeah, that's mob rule.
It's why first-past-the-post voting for parliament/congress elections is such a shitty idea.
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