Rolf wrote:

> The correct conclusion (the one I intended to convey) is that the naive 
> should not vote, and the enlightened should vote to do the least damage 
> .... ;-)

How about this: instead of complaining that all politicians are corrupt,
start by joining a party, do some base line work and make what you consider
decent people show up on ballots?

IME in the long run, no representation (in no form of government) strays
too far away from what the people are and want. If or when they do, their
days (as a figure of speech -- may be many years) are counted -- whether by
election or by revolution.

In this context, I don't hold in high regard the frequent complaints about
"the politicians". I don't think they are a different breed. They usually
are pretty much average people with average behavior -- with just about the
same percentage of enlightened among them as other people, and just about
the same percentage of who consider themselves enlightened as other people
:)

Gerhard

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