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Originally Posted by nupe10123
in a democracy, the system is only as corrupt as the citizens allow it to be.
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Most citizens are not aware of the level of corruption. Most citizens think that while there is some corruption, that the politicians do have their best interest in mind most of the time. You cannot have true democracy without an informed electorate, and in this country, the electorate is very naive and ignorant -- not because they are not intelligent, but because they have been propogandized. Regardless of how intelligent people are, they are only capable of being as informed as the information they are exposed to.
When they have taken polls in this country, what they have found is that on most issues, both conservatives and liberals think alike and have similar values and opinions. What they find is that the reason both vote differently is that both make their decisions based on a different set of "facts".