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Is it really a silver lining if the voters can be so easily manipulated into exercising that power to vote against their own interests and to magnify (or at lea

by gdulli 10y ago

Is it really a silver lining if the voters can be so easily manipulated into exercising that power to vote against their own interests and to magnify (or at least maintain) the same problems the demagogue claimed to want to solve for them? Is it possible the former status quo, while far from optimal, was at least being stewarded by adults who knew how to keep it from going off the rails? A given Democrat or Republican has to at least preserve their party's ongoing reputation. Donald is a nihilist who doesn't even have that constraint.

devoply 10y ago
They did not vote against their own interests. They voted for their interests in the only choice available that claimed to represent their interests. The point is the voters don't have an actual choice and never did, most of the consent is manufactured. The ultimate point I guess is that liberal democracy, which often does not represent mass opinion is becoming more direct and the system does not really support that sort of decision making because only people like Trump can get up there to be voted for, demagogues. The elite now don't know how to put the genie back in the bottle. This article is crying out HALP!