Do you think political parties effectively represent the Canadian population?
and why isn’t it fair
and why or why not
Political parties, by definition, do not effectively represent the people of the countries they rule. They represent themselves and pander to the people to get as many votes as they can (under a system of democracy) or try to lead a revolution against the current government (which is always the case under a non-democratic system and is the case in some circumstances under a democratic system).
The whole concept of a politician being a “representative” of the people is as ridiculous as the concept of “virtual representation” that King George III and Prime Minister Lord North used to justify their actions against the 13 colonies that later formed the USA. My “representative” in Congress (I’m American, so I get to be “represented” by crooks in Washington, rather than Ottawa) regularly votes in a manner with which I disagree (were he to always vote as I wish, he would be voting in a manner with which other people he “represents” disagree).
The only way “democracy” could potentially be salvaged as a democratic system would be to adopt direct democracy and allow the people to directly vote on all proposed legislation. This has long been technically possible. Nowadays, it could easily be done over the Internet. Prior to the rise of the Internet (which Al Gore supposedly created, although I think he was probably lying as he usually does), it could have been done through TV (with a special box and by using the television remote). The fact that the ruling classes that claim to be dedicated to democracy do not support direct democracy is proof that they are lying on this point, as they do about nearly everything else.
Another principle of true democracy besides direct democracy is the right of self-determination for all people. True self-determination means that people have the right to consent to which government they wish to be ruled by. If I wish to be ruled by one government and my neighbor by another, there is no reason why we can’t both be ruled by separate governments. Any denial of an absolute right of secession can only lead to endless war (a great example of this is Iraq, where 3 separate ethnic groups are supposed to be governed by one government; another is Rwanda where the majority ethnic group decided to kill off the minority ethnic group a few years ago).
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