1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Democracy is broken... discuss! ‘will of the people’ voting in dictatorships coalition governments young people not voting What do we mean by democracy? representative democracy how reps are elected - first past the post or PR end up with odd things - Germany in 2018 with Bundestag - 709&amp;nbsp; Your vote only counts if: you vote for the winning party - or in the coalition and your person needs to be in govt then senior enough position but have to do what the party wants and not your constituents (of which only a small % actually voted for you….) But who is allowed to vote? age limits resident v citizen non resident citizens criminal record Big issue young people do not vote What are people voting for? party? rep for the area? penalties for lying - none - either do not get in power... Representing an area - constituency problem may only be voted in by a tiny majority, and not 51% - do you represent everyone or just the ones who voted for you Coalition no one voted for the coalition - or its policies - what on earth did people vote for King for the period - even if the context changes, have the right to rule can kill the king…. on the election cycle Temptation to stay in office big benefits if run things if tempted to cheat, then even more tempted to stay in power those who come in next would have big incentive to investigate and show your past wrong-doing,.. and then do the same with the same incentive The 25 Year Plan http://www.the25yearplan.org <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/8004662/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/8004662