In the U.S. we supposedly have a ‘Representative Democracy’, yet the ‘representatives’ that keep getting elected are more concerned with what the corporations that ‘lobby’ them want. I agree, the population does want to know who to blame, but like I said the people in charge (the rich) are cunning enough to let idiot politicians be the scapegoats. Even the politicians are rarely face any consequences. If they happen to represent a constituency that is actually paying attention, they might not get reelected, but that is the exception not the rule here.
Even in some cases where people pay attention, a lot of people have been brainwashed by centuries of propaganda that the mega-rich are good and healthy for a society, and that business interests are more important than human interest, so people commonly vote against their own best interest.
I meant it differently. In a democracy, the entire population holds the power. Usually the population would want to know who to blame.
The beliefs of the poorest 90% of the population have zero impact on the outcome of public policy debates. We do not live in a democracy.
In the U.S. we supposedly have a ‘Representative Democracy’, yet the ‘representatives’ that keep getting elected are more concerned with what the corporations that ‘lobby’ them want. I agree, the population does want to know who to blame, but like I said the people in charge (the rich) are cunning enough to let idiot politicians be the scapegoats. Even the politicians are rarely face any consequences. If they happen to represent a constituency that is actually paying attention, they might not get reelected, but that is the exception not the rule here.
Even in some cases where people pay attention, a lot of people have been brainwashed by centuries of propaganda that the mega-rich are good and healthy for a society, and that business interests are more important than human interest, so people commonly vote against their own best interest.