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<blockquote data-quote="Joeh" data-source="post: 2134765" data-attributes="member: 18680">Not to mention, that there is no standardization for the power of a vote either.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure this was something that our founders struggled with.&nbsp; Is one well educated and informed vote worth the same as an uneducated and uninformed vote?&nbsp; Should an individual be able to vote on particular subjects with no particular experience or knowledge of the aforementioned subject?&nbsp; If so, why?&nbsp; Does having more money, or more power, make you a more informed individual?&nbsp; My impulse says no, but my experiences with this in modern day conflict with this position.&nbsp; I&#039;m supposed to BELIEVE the representatives.&nbsp; I&#039;m supposed to swallow their &#039;informed opinion&#039; about a subject, because they belong to my party.&nbsp; That&#039;s not how it is supposed to work, but people my age have not learned that.&nbsp; It does not matter what our representatives opinions are, other than that they are allowed to have them.&nbsp; They are to REPRESENT their constituents, not vote on their own intuition and ideas.&nbsp; If that were the case, then why bother letting the general populus vote at all?&nbsp; Why not have elections that gather the most intelligent and well informed individuals in each city and let them compete?&nbsp; Because then we don&#039;t have a democracy anymore, we&#039;re back to the ages where only those with money, power and &#039;intelligence&#039; rule.&nbsp; Unfortunately, it&#039;s almost this way now, it&#039;s just wrapped in a pretty box and presented in a way that makes us feel like we have a voice.I have no voice.&nbsp; I am merely a part of a huge machine that will continue turning and operating whether I agree with it or not.&nbsp; Unfortunately, this is how I feel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joeh, post: 2134765, member: 18680"] Not to mention, that there is no standardization for the power of a vote either. I'm sure this was something that our founders struggled with. Is one well educated and informed vote worth the same as an uneducated and uninformed vote? Should an individual be able to vote on particular subjects with no particular experience or knowledge of the aforementioned subject? If so, why? Does having more money, or more power, make you a more informed individual? My impulse says no, but my experiences with this in modern day conflict with this position. I'm supposed to BELIEVE the representatives. I'm supposed to swallow their 'informed opinion' about a subject, because they belong to my party. That's not how it is supposed to work, but people my age have not learned that. It does not matter what our representatives opinions are, other than that they are allowed to have them. They are to REPRESENT their constituents, not vote on their own intuition and ideas. If that were the case, then why bother letting the general populus vote at all? Why not have elections that gather the most intelligent and well informed individuals in each city and let them compete? Because then we don't have a democracy anymore, we're back to the ages where only those with money, power and 'intelligence' rule. Unfortunately, it's almost this way now, it's just wrapped in a pretty box and presented in a way that makes us feel like we have a voice. I have no voice. I am merely a part of a huge machine that will continue turning and operating whether I agree with it or not. Unfortunately, this is how I feel. [/QUOTE]

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