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People vote for what motivates them. Caring about people, thinking about how to make the world better for all, having a more caring society which looks after you. It's not an easy sell in to an environment where it looks like nobody cares.
This. The country is (on the whole) becoming more and more about me, me, me. We are further than ever from a society that will vote for the greater good. And the current government is showing that lying and selfishness gets rewards as an example to us all.
villa-ru-
The country is (on the whole) becoming more and more about me, me, me. We are further than ever from a society that will vote for the greater good.
I firmly believe that almost everyone has always voted in their own interests; I don't think very many people at all have ever gone to the ballot box and had the following internal monologue: 'Well, voting X would be better for me, but voting Y is probably what this country really needs'.
And much as it may grate, I will tell you for nothing that there are a very substantial number of people, from Surrey gammons to Sunderland dockers, who identify very strongly with the sentiments on that 'I never cared that...' meme. The Tories know that, and subtly play to it; Labour also know that, and dismiss them as wrong/bigots. The latter is not a good electoral strategy.
RecoveryRide
Stigma of voting blue. My arse.
People vote for what motivates them. Caring about people, thinking about how to make the world better for all, having a more caring society which looks after you. It's not an easy sell in to an environment where it looks like nobody cares.