Governments should do the right thing most of the time, but also sometimes do the popular thing . They won't be able to do good if they're not voted in, amirite?

+53 Governments should do the right thing most of the time, but also sometimes do the popular thing . They won't be able to do good if they're not voted in, amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Problem is, they almost always do the popular thing. And not just popular of the people, but popular of corporations, special interest groups, and lobbyists

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I wouldn't call that doing the popular thing though, unless you consider that the policies are made popular through propaganda.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I mean popular as in, whatever is going to get them support in a reelection...and we have seen in the last several elections that money has more if an effect than voters

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Who says the popular thing isn't the right thing though?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Example: No taxes!

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I would say that. Governments must sometimes protect the rights of a minority. For example, the internment of Japanese Americans in 1942 might have been the popular thing to do, but it was wrong. The constitution should have protected those people, and the government should have enforced that protection.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

In the 19th century (before the Civil War) the popular thing would have been allowing slavery. And now the popular thing is blaming the immigrants for almost all of our problems.

by Anonymous 11 years ago