Incredible

You know, the startling revelation about the US elections is not that Bush wasn't expected to win. Or that there would still be large electorial votes (states) for him. It's not about the capture of fear or wide spread dose of ignorance among the population. It's that despite being in a free democratic society, one with open free media channels and voices, one that allows dissent and alternative voices, people still don't listen.

No doubt, the thinking process an individual goes through in decising his country's President is complex, and I do not take priviledge in endorsing generalizations about social groups (including a candidates' support group). What I am surprised is that mass groups of people are not sufficiently educated about global world events and simply reduce influential decisions into notions of "good" and "evil". What I am surprised is how much a strong grip religion plays in our culture and surpassing all rational decisions in favour of an irrational belief in saviourship and freedom. And because USA is not a society that clamps down on open ideas, it is fascinating to notice the ideological rigidity maintained by informal (and also formal) social mechanisms.

If what has been criticised about democracy stands true, is that the tyranity of the masses will conquer to their own demise.