You Don’t Say!
I’m like totally with Rune Engelbreth here: The opposition wants an election because polls show that the opposition will win an election and the government doesn’t want an election because polls show that the government will lose an election. A Categorical Imperative Fail, in other words.
But: Why can’t government and opposition say what they really want to say?
Well, because arguing from benefits to actors is illetigimate, arguing from benefits to the society is legitimate – and the only way to appeal to other actors. But by arguing from benefits to society, the arguments become insincere. A problem which troubles a lot of politics, but I can’t see it being solved.
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Category: Political science etc. | Tags: Denmark 3 comments »
March 29th, 2009 at 23:53
Why do the Danish voters want an election? It’s only… what, two years since the last one? Is it to do with Venstre/Konservative’s handling of the economic crisis? Or is it because the locals just like elections? Denmark seems to have a fairly healthy democracy going in spite of everything.
A lot of us in the UK want the Labour party to vanish as a political force in this country because of what they have done to this country.
I’ll be in Odense in the next few weeks on day trip from Copenhagen (I’ll assume you live there) – is there much to see?
March 30th, 2009 at 12:11
Odense’s offical tourist guide might help: Visit Odense. But you shouldn’t be disappointed when you learn that the city centre is cut in two by a major road.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:48
That doesn’t matter too much: my local city, Preston, is effectively cut in two by the ring road!