Originally Posted by
Shigenari
That's a very naive view of democracy. There are so many ways in which the democratic process can be subverted.
Take the UK for example. Here we have a first past the post system where the leader is determined on the basis of how certain constituencies voted. This means that the deciding factor in an election is not in fact what the majority of people think, but instead what a select few demographics in a select few constituencies think; there are countless areas here where an individual's vote counts for nothing because X number of people have traditionally voted, and can be relied upon voting a certain way; those areas are ignored because they're 'safe'. Most constituencies are like this. The only important constituencies are those in which the outcome is uncertain, where people can be influenced. As a result, the election comes down to which party can best influences a select number of undecided voters, in a select few constituencies.
Similarly flawed systems exist in other countries too, the USA is one of them.
These are not truly democratic systems, and 'suck it up' isn't really an appropriate response when the ruling party at any given time actually only truly represents a select minority of voters who determine the outcome of the election. It's not as simple as 'moving somewhere else', because more often than not, the voting population as a whole can for the most part share similar values to you, but the issue becomes one of representation.