Comments on: Electoral Parodies https://www.isegoria.net/2015/02/electoral-parodies/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 21:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Steve Johnson https://www.isegoria.net/2015/02/electoral-parodies/comment-page-1/#comment-2140407 Steve Johnson Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:26:54 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37409#comment-2140407 I don’t think it’s mockery or cargo cultism.

The United States is a religious crusader pushing the religion of democracy. Want to run a third world country? Better get cracking on winning elections then.

The idea that you could lose an election if you control the government of a country is bizarre. You’ve got patronage networks, the police, the military, and the election administering apparatus.

]]> By: James James https://www.isegoria.net/2015/02/electoral-parodies/comment-page-1/#comment-2139871 James James Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:33:11 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37409#comment-2139871 An alternative explanation is cargo cultism. They are copying the west, having “elections”, but they don’t understand why elections have the procedures they do, so they feel free to alter the procedures willy-nilly.

The Haitian Attorney General and the Census Committee might have known that they were cheating, but maybe they were so stupid they didn’t realise?

]]> By: Cassander https://www.isegoria.net/2015/02/electoral-parodies/comment-page-1/#comment-2138951 Cassander Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:44:32 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37409#comment-2138951 I always liked the Anschluss ballot.

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