tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post5598979234297771309..comments2023-10-29T05:29:58.599-04:00Comments on Right-Side-of-Lowell: In Some Places The Ballot Box is Not the Final AnswerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-51329485911827386882011-06-29T10:13:54.013-04:002011-06-29T10:13:54.013-04:00The great myth about voting and its validity in so...The great myth about voting and its validity in societal decision making can be seen in the quote of Josef Stalin as reported in "The Memoirs of Stalin's Secretary" in which Stalin said, "You know, comrades," says Stalin, "that I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how. "<br /><br />I fear that even in "democracies" this is more the rule than the exception....even in the US..or in some instances...ESPECIALLY in the US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com