01-30-2016, 11:53 PM
(01-30-2016, 09:56 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:to become prime minister of Australia you need Gina's tick of approval.
Let's not pretend modern democracy is anything like the ideals first created.
For starters the public were able to vote a representative into exile in disgrace in the ancient Greece.
I'd say this is probably relevant the world over.
It's not even close to being the same, here donations have to be declared, are limited in various ways and subject to senate scrutiny.
In the US donations can be completely anonymous, I've even heard stories of Republicans supporting Democrats so that their preferred opponent has a better chance of being nominated. If you tried that on here or in the UK you would be on the way to the big house for a conspiracy of some sort.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"

