Should Democracy Be Compulsory?

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

Hi, my dear navel gazers! Here's our gazillionth installment of impossibly simplistic and hilariously polarized situations, inspired by the [Poll #1879633]

I'm sure you've learned by now why the options are so terribly extreme.

Comments

[allhatnocattle.livejournal.com]

That's exercising democracy, not being fed up with it. I mean we elect leadership to be leaders and act like leaders. That means they should be taking both control AND responsibility. When referendums are frequent that means there is a lack of leadership. It sounds like the leaders are attempting to defer responsibility onto the public. When nothing is the fault of government there's no accountability, The people voted and it's what the people wanted is simply an excuse to defer responsibility.

Referendums should be used sparingly to decide fundamental issues. Governments should be able make tough decisions that might piss the majority of the people but be good for the whole. Otherwise there is no protection of minorities be they a demographic of age, race or opinion