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*Smiles* To some extent I agree with you Jaguar. There are times I hold my head in frustration as I watch the British tabloid press push the anti-europe or anti-asylum agenda and then next I know theres this huge public outcry and a wave of anti European sentiment or demands for tougher asylum laws. I dont know if tabloid papers play much of a role in the US but theyre a pain in the neck over here ....They do have a major effect on the voting public. There used to be a maxim that whoever the Sun supported was the likely next winner. ....and an anti European sentiment began to grow soon after certain media magnates staked their flags to the Anti campaigns. Its frustrating because it ends up with ordinary workingclass people fighting for the vested interests of the people that sit at the top.
That said.....I do believe that given a truly democratic system and more importantly access to that democratic system in some meaningful way most of us can be trusted most of the time not to be complete dipshits about it.
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