Forming a political party...

[Street Gerbil]

A *Talkback Radio* political party where the uninformed and xenophobic can make sweeping decisions based on issues du jour?

A New Zealand where:

- There are no Asian immigrants or immigrants from countries whose residents are not white, rich and English speaking
- Foreign investment is prohibited
- Tourism is banned
- People can only buy goods and services manufactured in New Zealand
- All businesses are closed at weekends and on public holidays
- Corporal punishment is reintroduced to schools
- A death penalty is imposed for certain crimes
- All sport is broadcast free-to-air
- Etc

That sounds so familiar....Russia?

Yep. Sounds about right. And a mob of well organized "Putinjugand" youths ensuring that everybody votes correctly.

[Lias]

- There are no Asian immigrants or immigrants from countries whose residents are not white, rich and English speaking
- Foreign investment is prohibited
- Corporal punishment is reintroduced to schools
- A death penalty is imposed for certain crimes
- Etc

Sounds good to me..

[Hitcher]

Sounds good to me..

And many others too. There's the worry.

[Bass]

Yeap, the lack of participation is about the only problem i can see. And thats exactly what -df-'s plan will change. It will make participation easily avaliable to all.

But..... but ..... but..... I remember a referendum where some huge majority were in favour of reducing the number of MP's - I forget the actual split but it was something like 85% for the reduction. It wasn't a binding referendum and the govt chose to ignore it.

So even when we do participate, the bastards do what they want anyway.

My point is that the method already exists and is probably representative of the true spread of opinion. Clumsy and expensive? Well yes, but you don't get much of value for nothing.

What we really need is some way to force the bastards to listen.

[Street Gerbil]

What we really need is some way to force the bastards to listen.

Well, that's simple. You just vote your bastard into the office. If s/he has enough followers, it might even work.

[Lias]

And many others too. There's the worry.

I do believe its a little thing called democracy