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Populism is just another name for the very basic feature of democracy: giving everyone the right to vote means that the country is effectively governed by idiot
by mamon 10y ago
Populism is just another name for the very basic feature of democracy: giving everyone the right to vote means that the country is effectively governed by idiots, because they always outnumber smart, reasonable people.
- alva 10y agoNot sure if being sarcastic or not. Do you believe that holds up on a purely statistical basis?
- ZoeZoeBee 10y agoPoll after poll decade after decade has shown the average American to be quite ignorant. The fact we live in a Constitutional Republic and not a Democracy is lost on the vast majority of the citizens. Only 40% can name the three branches of government, and far less than that can correctly describe the powers enumerated to the branches by the Constitution. http://www.alternet.org/story/90161/ignorant_america%3A_just_how_stupid_are_we http://www.alternet.org/story/90161/ignorant_america%3A_just...
- CuriousSkeptic 10y agoEasily! First we can agree that about 50% of the population has an IQ below 100. Let's call them idiots for the arguments sake. Then remaining 50% will most certainly have different views on things, let's say we can agree that at least another 10% have views so radically different from ours that we can call them idiots. That's at least 60% idiots rights there. QED