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To: regli who wrote (48629)	3/25/2006 6:16:03 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) of 116555

Since the repeal of Cantonal fines for non-voters, the percentage of participation in Swiss elections is not that much different from America. Yet far more of the Swiss feel "they are their government" than do Americans. Virtually all Americans, of both parties, see the government as "them", some sort of alien occupying force. Ronald Reagan did much to inject this sort of cynicism into the public debate. Yet this would not have been effective if the underlying feeling had not already been there. Representative republics like America are designed to operate with virtually no public participation. Elected Congressional representatives can vote in a manner which clearly conflicts with the will of those who elected them, and often do. Just a the electors in the Electoral College are not obligated to vote for the candidate who appointed them. Voting in a representative republic can appear to most like pushing on a string. Their vote appears to have, and actually has, very little impact. This encourages a feeling of powerlessness and victimization. .

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