The joke of that is voting is illegal, for quite a few people.
Voters are segregated, consent is manufactured, seats are gerrymandered, populists are vilified… But when all else fails, the elections don’t matter and industry does as it pleases.
Democracy exists as an illusion of majority governance, so individuals in opposition feel alienated and at odds with unknown neighbors. The policy outcomes are put at the feet of popular majority, whether or not people actually want them.
I’ve been rewatching Community and the more I watch it, the more I feel like Britta’s “dumb” comments are real.
“If voting had any effect, it’d be illegal!”
The joke of that is voting is illegal, for quite a few people.
Voters are segregated, consent is manufactured, seats are gerrymandered, populists are vilified… But when all else fails, the elections don’t matter and industry does as it pleases.
Democracy exists as an illusion of majority governance, so individuals in opposition feel alienated and at odds with unknown neighbors. The policy outcomes are put at the feet of popular majority, whether or not people actually want them.
Well the thing is that they’re really trying to make it illegal for more and more people to vote.
That line is actually a quote from “Red” Emma Goldman.
Voting has the effect of allowing the population to feel they are steering the ship when actually they are swabbing the decks.