Whereby I Get To Say 'I Told You So' ...

... although I won't really - especially since I am far from happy at being proven right.

Nevertheless, some Canadian progressive bloggers (like Steve V., seemingly a first, or Pale, who has also previously touched on this issue) are acknowledging what I have been writing/ranting/decrying/warning about all along at APOV concerning the underlying dangers of our times in all democracies, including our very (Canadian) own, with regards to the majority of citizens (most of whom, by the way, do not use the Intertubes to get their news) and their "dedication" at getting fully informed for, if not actual interest in, elections. A few examples:

Democracy and intellectual sloth;

Intellectual sloth and culture;

A cancer on the body democratic;

The real problem with terrorism;

The shape of things to come;

Primitive minds;

Step back, take a deep breath and look hard in the mirror;

The limits of ignorance;

False leaders versus genuine ones;

Behold the wisdom of the sheep;

True patriot versus false patriot;

A definite recipe for the death of democracy;

Welcome to our Semi-Dark Ages;

The cure for our Semi-Dark Ages;

A generation in waiting or sulking?

Democracies in trouble;

Democracy and deference;

Mea culpa, mea culpa vox populi;

No one is safe: the real low down;

You see, it's all about intellectual sloth-driven search for instant gratification;

Losing ourselves beyond redemption;

As polls come and go ...

Conservatives/Republicans/Neocons have mastered the exploitation of general disinformation, misinformation and/or outright ignorance among the electorate.

And that is why they win or manage to make elections close - despite their atrocious track records, their lies and their incompetence.

That is why Harper and his Harpies will end up being a minority government again (if not actually becoming a majority one), and that is why the race for the White House remains overall a close one.

What we need in Canada is what progressives have been doing in the U.S. - full onslaught of organizing, of voting-drives and of information-drives, from the grassroot levels.

And that would be just a start.

Then again - who pays any attention to little old moi?


(Addendum 09/26/2005: Saskboy adds more ...)