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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

This is democracy! You voted and you got. Although a problem with democracy in all countries is that politicians can say and promise anything, but nothing is binding. When they get elected they do as they like. Slowly this has led to fewer and fewer people voting, because "it doesn't matter who you vote for".. which sadly, to a certain degree, is true.

This is democracy dying, and I don't think it will change until we address the problem: politicians must be held accountable for their promises!

How can we fix this?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

    Well you have a point, certainly, but I think "making promises legally binding" is pretty far down the list of things we need to fix.

    There's an old expression that something is as "thin as a promise" which should be how we approach them in that context.

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