Thing about the military is that now its serving much like the auto or oil industry used to serve - a way out of a poor rural existence for many in the ranks. For the officers, its either family, or genuine patiotism.
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:14 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Now I certainly don't think that restricting people from voting on the >> basis of race or gender makes sense, but I could see using other litmus >> tests such as property ownership and military or civic service in order to >> grant the franchise to vote. > > I don't own a house and I've never served in the military. I think > that these days, far too many people end up in the military because it > is one of the few options open to them rather than out of a sense of > duty and patriotism. > > I really don't think that the franchise is the problem. At the top, we > have major structural impediments to change. It is a two party system > and money ensures that it is the already entrenched interests that > likely to be elected. At the bottom, we have an education system that > has abandoned the teaching of civics and economics and that presents a > glossy faux history of the founding of the country while completely > avoiding recent history as "too controversial". > > If you want to make elections more rational and educated, change the > stranglehold on power and convince the average person that their time > and effort to engage will actually be worthwhile. > > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350014 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
