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10 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 28 December 2011 09:42AM

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Comment author: Multiheaded 02 January 2012 11:55:43AM -1 points [-]

Have you read this article by EY? It explains why merely having the right to vote does a lot for the well-being of a democracy's citizen, as it's a permanent plausible threat to the political class.

Comment author: CaveJohnson 02 January 2012 12:02:47PM *  2 points [-]

I read that a few months ago and updated accordingly.

I still disagreed.

The right to vote creates far more dynamics than just that, and many are not very favourable to well-being at all.