blazesboylan, you mean nobody you know goes to express their vote? Eek! It's not like you got 2 t0p candidates, but still one could at least vote for the less harmfull

But yea, I understand why people could get ignorant.
Voting is mandatory here for adults with .be nationality, and immigrants are even allowed to vote if they are here long enough. Doesn't make people interested though, the newest Flemmish government is a 'joke' too: Traditional parties (we got 6-7 here) have become so marginal that they have to all go in a coalition to outnumber the neo-fascist party.
There's been such political excesses before in history, that suddenly seemed to move people causing a big change. For the first time in history, politics and international agreements influence the whole of mankind. Taking into account that globalisation, I keep hoping it won't be too late (read: irreversible) soon. When is the soap bell going to burst? What would it take to make that happen?