thehatfox@lemmy.world to UK PoliticsEnglish · 4 days agoOne in five Britons aged 18-45 prefer unelected leaders to democracy, poll findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down12cross-posted to: theguardian@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkOne in five Britons aged 18-45 prefer unelected leaders to democracy, poll findswww.theguardian.comthehatfox@lemmy.world to UK PoliticsEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: theguardian@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·4 days agoWhen you consider the quality of the “elected” leaders over the last 40 years, it’s kinda understandable.
minus-squareEcho Dotlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoThat’s an utterly insane thought process though. The actual solution is to just not let idiots vote for con artists. This should be some sort of test that demonstrates they least understand the basics of the situation. Also the media shouldn’t be allowed to just straight up lie about stuff.
When you consider the quality of the “elected” leaders over the last 40 years, it’s kinda understandable.
That’s an utterly insane thought process though.
The actual solution is to just not let idiots vote for con artists. This should be some sort of test that demonstrates they least understand the basics of the situation.
Also the media shouldn’t be allowed to just straight up lie about stuff.