There are two distinct elements to consider here. The first is a matter of whether younger people are capable and entitled to vote. Second, we must ask ourselves what the effects will be if they do. Capability? A no-brainer. Sixteen-year olds can drive, enter into contracts, work in most jobs, be tried as adults, make…
Tag: Democracy
Politics, Social Commentary
“Trust Me” Legislation and Fading Democracy.
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The Big Picture The cycle happens over and over again. Left wing governments pass all sorts of legislation to keep businesses from running rampant over the environment, the population, and society in general. These rules build in volume, twisting and twining around each other, until they become masses of red tape so thick nobody can…
Politics, Social Commentary
Democracy Under Fire
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A lot of what you see on social media is opinion and conjecture. There’s nothing wrong with that. I’m as guilty of it as anyone. Today’s post is meant to demonstrate the benefit of opinions of people you trust, supported by actual facts. Also to demonstrate the usefulness of universities. The latest issue of the…
Politics, Social Commentary
Greed Vs Democracy
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The present hostilities in Lebanon are the latest boil in the infection of authoritarianism that plagues the world right now. It’s easy to blame the leaders, but part of the responsibility comes from the grassroots: here in Canada and everywhere else. Everybody wants to have their cake and eat it, too, and there are plenty…
Election Watch
The Data on Democracy: USA 2024
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As a proponent of Proportional Representation, I am always looking for ways to make our messed-up election systems reflect the real opinion of voters. To do this, I try to look at the most accurate data I can find. For example, in US, people actually register their preference before they vote. Thus, we have a…
Social Commentary
Pay the Price, Canada
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The latest attempt by NATO to persuade Canadians to contribute our fair share of the cost of the alliance gives us an objective peek at how the rest of the world views Canada. The Price of Freedom Our biggest contribution to the international situation is a charismatic Prime Minister who looks more and more like…
Social Commentary
Democracy Under Siege
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Human society is not naturally democratic, and when any political system is placed under stress, it tends to revert to a previous, more autocratic form. For example, real communism never had a chance in Russia, which went straight from the feudal system of the tsars to the autocracy of the Communist Party. What we see…
Social Commentary
Renouncing the Doctrine of Discovery
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The Original Doctrine For the last four or five hundred years, Europeans honestly believed that they were superior to every other society in the world, and they could play “finders keepers” with the whole surface of the globe as well as what lay below the surface. There’s nothing new about the idea. Every conqueror in…
Politics
Writing the Prince George Educational Pot Boiler
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A friend of mine who is a teacher in School District 57, Prince George (my old stomping grounds) drew my attention to this article last week, but it got pushed aside by hotter news items. As it deserves. However, Daphne Bramham of the Vancouver Sun picked it up this week, so I don’t feel too…
Politics
The Re-Definition of Democracy
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Progress involves the constant redefinition of what is appropriate and what is not. This process usually goes on slowly and gradually as conditions change. But in certain extreme circumstances this redefinition must make large steps in order to counter more immediate threats to our society. And then we all lose something. National and International…