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Old January 9th 15, 07:32 PM posted to rec.autos.driving
Free Spirit, Chief of Quixotic Enterprises
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Default Myth: The motor car is the ultimate freedom machine

On Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 1:39:32 PM UTC-5, Free Spirit, Chief of Quixotic Enterprises wrote:
> On Thursday, January 8, 2015 1:07:36 PM UTC-5, Mike Painter wrote:
> > On Tue, 6 Jan 2015 21:14:15 -0800 (PST), "Wise TibetanMonkey, Most
> > Humble Philosopher" > wrote:
> >
> > >On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 10:05:05 PM UTC-5, BTR1701 wrote:
> > >> In article >,
> > >> "Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher"
> > >> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Why the elderly? Because they vote.
> > >>
> > >> So vote yourself. That's how the process works. If you and people like
> > >> you choose not to vote, you can't complain that the people who *do* vote
> > >> get what they want.
> > >
> > >Nothing can match the loyalty of the elderly voting machine. The revolution will start when Social Security runs out money as the elderly population grows.

> >
> > From what I have seen, this is sadly true.
> > You would think that an aging population would vote to make sure they
> > are secure in their old age and force moving money from killing people
> > to healing them.
> >
> > You would think that until you hear the older poorer part of the
> > population reacting to sound bites and voting for the people who are
> > taking the money away from them.

>
> The politics of fear work best. Fear of losing the socialist system they enjoy.
>
> Thoughts of the future are avoided. The fact that they are leaving a messy planet for the grand kids is not part of the political rhetoric.


I've to say I got nothing against the honorable elderly since I'm a "member of the club" myself. But I don't know how the "wise elders of the tribe" became the blind members of the "democratic process."

Some are genuinely wise but it's not the majority that votes. Perhaps it's the democratic process that corrupts everything, or --to be more precise-- we may blame party politics for it. Perhaps it's the car that isolates them from the issues going on in their community, such as broken sidewalks and corruption.
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