> It makes me despondent that we can ever get to a place where our politicians can make rational, informed decisions about complex issues requiring multiple tra

> It makes me despondent that we can ever get to a place where our politicians can make rational, informed decisions about complex issues requiring multiple trade-offs. It is OK if our politicians can't do this; it just means that, as the information age marches forward, we don't need politicians (or at least, that we don't need the state making these sorts of decisions).