OK, grump over. It's true that the forthcoming General Election seems set to see an even lower turnout than in 2005. And yes, there's a great deal of distrust directed at politics, politicians and the political system. And boy do we deserve it. But there's still reasons to do it...
1. If liberal minded folk like me aren't there the controllers, collectors and directors will win for sure
2. Somebody has to beat against the wall of bureaucratic unhelpfulness that surrounds government
3. The plague somehow never strikes all their houses - despite the protest those houses still carry on
But above all someone has to see the wood....
...and that wood - the "big picture" - isn't some visiting of your values on me (I know your values are better you keep on telling me) because there's 51 of you and only 49 of me. The wood is thousands - millions - of different people all striving for sunlight, making their own patch as good as they can, growing, developing and reproducing. All happily and cheerfully.
To that wood government is the man with the axe. Sometimes helpful, useful, organising. But mostly destructive, unheeded and uncaring.
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