Re: Okay so maybe camping out in the Zocalo isn’t such a great idea…
On Sep 15, 2006, at 9:07 PM, mike larkin wrote:
I don’t think so. Most nonvoters I’ve met are pretty happy, well adjusted folks. They don’t vote because they’re not interested in politics. Period.
While this is mostly true, that level of detachment and lack of
interest didn’t arise spontaneously. 19th century visitors to the US
remarked on how engaged people were in politics - where’d that go?
Restrictive electoral laws, the dominance of money, deepening
alienation from social life, and a raft of other similar things
produced that “apathy.”
Doug