Fair points about the war, Thomas. I guess I vote for people based more on overall foundation principles, not necessarily upon one issue, or two or three prominent issues. I would like to trust a person that shares my particular overall principles to have the time to study the details of an issue to make the right choices for me. After all, that is alot of the reasoning of having a representative republic because most of us are busy making a living and do not have time to study every issue in detail. That requires faith in that candidates underlying philosophy and character. Big reasons why character should matter in our form of government. Unfortunately, many voters do not do that anymore, but instead vote for things that they think might personally benefit them even if it violates the underlying philosophy that they might profess to believe. Perhaps, this is all part of the instant gratification society that we have now?
I can agree with that, though I would add that it requires faith in the candidate's reasoning abilities as well.
Agreed, and many of the candidates also lack that anymore. The politicians come from the population, so in general and on average they will reflect the mood and mentality of the population. With an instant gratification society and very bad civics being taught anymore, we are on very shakey ground. A good number of people still understand things, but overall the percentage is dwindling in my opinion. More and more people look to government for what it will give them, not what they think government should do to uphold the constitution and the kind of republic that will protect and defend it.
