![More children are living in deprivation and more people are disengaging from civic society [New ESRI research spotlights some of the root causes of poverty and why significant numbers no longer see the relevance of elections] - Irish Times](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Qe9OptIDtUPNcQBXTOpLhPvSNARj86n7zSP7bzLWWCw-1024x538.jpg "More children are living in deprivation and more people are disengaging from civic society [New ESRI research spotlights some of the root causes of poverty and why significant numbers no longer see the relevance of elections] – Irish Times")
More children are living in deprivation and more people are disengaging from civic society [New ESRI research spotlights some of the root causes of poverty and why significant numbers no longer see the relevance of elections] – Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/09/05/income-inequality-and-child-deprivation-is-fuelling-disengagement-from-civic-society/
Posted by LoadaBaloney
9 Comments
Very concerning that those kinds of numbers no longer see the relevance of elections in this country. Music to FFG ears…for them the less people that vote the better.
I think there is a problem with politics in this country – there are many parties, but the vast majority of them will have small differences about some things but largely have the same overall views. If you want anything different, you’re very much at the fringe. If you aren’t into the fringe, there’s not much there.
Sometimes it seems like the social partnership model relieved TDs of the faff of listening to the electorate and imagining they understood the mood of the country through the social partners, which works to an extent but has a tendency to sweep out any inconvenient views.
It’s little wonder that so many are disengaging from civic society. When you’re constantly fighting to survive, the idea of participating in elections feels pointless. Politicians make promises that never seem to reach their communities. They say they want to “help those that get up early in the morning,” but they really mean the middle and upper classes. More working-class people than not “get up early in the morning,” but we all know that slogan was aimed against their community, not toward it.
The disconnect runs deep. Imagine you’ve been struggling to support your family over the last few years. No home, and no hope that your kids will ever have one. If they’re lucky, they’ll emigrate. Then you see in the news that, after 14 years in government, the electorate is almost guaranteed to vote FG and/or FF back in. Five more years. What realistically is going to change for you or your family?
When the outcomes of elections never seem to change your circumstances, it’s hard to see the relevance of voting. For many, it feels like the system isn’t broken—it’s working exactly as intended—and they’re not included.
I’m alright Jack, It’s grand sure and general apathy is a big problem with the Irish electorate.
This will be downvoted to hell but we are a greedy selfish country and the place will eat itself up in time.
Scoliosis for fuck sake. Look at what your fellow countrypeople are suffering but most people apart from those affected don’t care until it affects them. Eejits.
Hey though along as your inherited property value is worth something and you’ve a roof over your head it’s all good. Nothing else to worry about.
Go out and make something of yourselves and think about your countrymen you self serving dense greedy shower of shits. Every year for 20 years in a row a trolley crisis, children’s hospital 5x over budget in wrong location. But it’s all grand, because my property is worth a few quid.
Surely the only answer to this is to bring more people into the country!!!
Kinda obvious! Our government spends money on bike sheds!
Dáil arithmetic is devised in such a way to ensure a perpetual government of neoliberalism. We do not in fact live in a democracy, but we are still 20 years away from discourse evolving far enough to openly discuss that fact
Over 300K for a bicycle shed. Yeah this government is showing exactly what it’s about. Watching the old enemies form a coalition. There’s only one reason these people are here and it’s not to serve.
Its mad how few comments this has, its the underlying reason for some of the anti social behaviour we see on our streets, but put up a post about ‘scrote does X or Y’ and theres 100s of comments with tons of anti working class tripe. People dont want answers to problems they just want justification for their anger and to belittle poor people