UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution Friday backed by almost all other Security Council members and many other nations demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaz…
Where are you getting this 70% number from? Did they do a national vote on the topic? Or maybe it’s just a pulling number you read somewhere and now parrot without source.
Hardly a nail in any coffin. This is exactly how representative democracy works. You vote for someone to represent you in the government. Those someone’s collaborate to the best of their ability to make policies and decisions. Don’t like their policies and decisions. Vote for someone else.
This is the important point. The “see your leaders didn’t do perfectly so you should ditch them” is usually followed by “for right-wingers whom you will not need to question because shut up”, and I am really worried when people so quickly give up “passable” solutions for horrible alternatives – and while our governments are effectively two-party systems, the cruel far-right alternatives are usually the only option.
Where are you getting this 70% number from? Did they do a national vote on the topic? Or maybe it’s just a pulling number you read somewhere and now parrot without source.
Hardly a nail in any coffin. This is exactly how representative democracy works. You vote for someone to represent you in the government. Those someone’s collaborate to the best of their ability to make policies and decisions. Don’t like their policies and decisions. Vote for someone else.
This has some interesting numbers. Says 61% want a permanent ceasefire. But after hearing arguments for and against, the number moved down to 52%.
https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2023/12/5/voters-want-the-us-to-call-for-a-permanent-ceasefire-in-gaza-and-to-prioritize-diplomacy
I’d prefer direct voting.
This is the important point. The “see your leaders didn’t do perfectly so you should ditch them” is usually followed by “for right-wingers whom you will not need to question because shut up”, and I am really worried when people so quickly give up “passable” solutions for horrible alternatives – and while our governments are effectively two-party systems, the cruel far-right alternatives are usually the only option.