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I hate the electorate (Score:2)
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Most people just don't care as long as there is cheap food, beer and footy on TV... It is a disgrace what MPs have got up to with our money, however I totally agree that it's shocking their utter lack of backbone they have when it comes to doing the right thing on just about every other issue possible.
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I think it has a lot to do with ease of comprehension of the problem, and relevance to day-to-day issues. For example, in the US, in 2004, 19 percent of voters described terrorism as their most important issue ... only 9 percent of voters described terrorism as the most important issue in 2008 [fivethirtyeight.com], and opinions on global warming vary as a function of personal relevance. [fivethirtyeight.com]
Waging of aggressive war, deliberate attacks on civilians, support for brutally murderous regimes, and torture are things that happen far away,