In part for these reasons, issues are removed from the electoral agenda. Just a handful of the American voters even knew the stand of the candidates on both general and delicate issues. Candidates are packaged and sold like toothpaste, cars and lifestyle drugs, and by the same industries, dedicated to delusion and deceit.
Compare this with local public knowledge on national issues during Evo Morales’ election last December in Bolivia and you’d understand where the non correlation pops in! Voters were familiar with the issues, very real and important ones like national control over natural gas and other resources, which has overwhelming popular support including indigenous rights, women’s rights, land rights and water rights, which are clearly on the political agenda, among many others. The population chose someone from their own ranks, not a representative of narrow sectors of privilege. There was ‘real’ participation, and not just pushing a lever once every few years.
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Compare this with local public knowledge on national issues during Evo Morales’ election last December in Bolivia and you’d understand where the non correlation pops in! Voters were familiar with the issues, very real and important ones like national control over natural gas and other resources, which has overwhelming popular support including indigenous rights, women’s rights, land rights and water rights, which are clearly on the political agenda, among many others. The population chose someone from their own ranks, not a representative of narrow sectors of privilege. There was ‘real’ participation, and not just pushing a lever once every few years.
For complete IIPM article click here
Source:- IIPM Editorial
Visit also:- IIPM Publication, Business & Economy & Arindam Chaudhuri Initiative
