The phrase ‘The vacuum in our democracy’ comes from President Barack Obama in a 2018 speech to Illinois University where he said ”When we don’t vote we take our basic rights and freedom for granted. When we turn away and stop paying attention and stop engaging and stop believing and look for the latest diversion – the electronic version of bread and circuses, then other voices fill this void”.
So, if you haven’t bothered to vote don’t complain when councillors, chosen by those who did bother to vote, make decisions that you are not happy with.
