Originally Posted by
Taunton Blue Genie
I have often thought about how ridiculous democracy is. The entrepreneurs amongst us who create thousands of jobs and who take major risks have exactly the same voting rights as the people stopped in the street and who wouldn't know one end of a balance sheet to another, let alone the complexities of running a country (and I include myself in that number).
It's like a owning a factory and all the major decisions being decided by the factory hands, who outnumber the major decision makers at the top end of the company. You only have to witness the vox-pops on the news to see the weakness of the system.
Let's be honest, most of us are not knowledgeable enough to vote on many major issues that effect the country.