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The only(?) good thing to come from the Trump election is that more people are slowly realizing that democracy isn't all its cracked up to be The people who vo
by booleandilemma 9y ago
The only(?) good thing to come from the Trump election is that more people are slowly realizing that democracy isn't all its cracked up to be
The people who voted for Trump disagree with you.
- simonsarris 9y agoIn my eyes, I mean. I thought that was obvious. I understand that plenty of people are happy that Trump is president or have yielded other good things from it.
- leereeves 9y agoIn a democracy, you won't always get what you want; sometimes other people win. Is that what you meant by "not all it's cracked up to be"?
- simonsarris 9y agoNo, I mean that the wisdom of the crowds is, well, not. Good democracy rests on voters making intelligent/rational/etc decisions (implied: otherwise why let them vote?) I think more of my liberal friends now see that this is largely wishful thinking.
- Clubber 9y ago>I mean that the wisdom of the crowds is, well, not I just realized that the same crowds that can predict whether a company will do well via the stock market are the same crowds that can smash people to death against a fence. I don't think the crowds are necessarily wise, just powerful.
- leereeves 9y agoThe attitude that people who don't want the same things you want are stupid, unwise, or irrational seems to be very common among leftists lately. I blame The Daily Show and progeny.