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> We need more ways to educate individual voters of the complex tradeoffs and compromises in policies, and teach people to appreciate the complexity of system
by Supermancho 6y ago
> We need more ways to educate individual voters of the complex tradeoffs and compromises in policies, and teach people to appreciate the complexity of system effects
The effort, to be educated, is not optimal on a capitalist playing field withing a nation as large as the USA. The information is overwhelming and the result (individual voter franchise) is pathetically ineffectual. It's a fool's errand, which is the outlook shared by many americans.
- mrmonkeyman 6y agoEducating your citizens is a fool's errand? Good god. Why are you even attempting this "democracy" thing then? The "information" is not "overwhelming". It means the citizens are actually intelligent and well educated. A lofty goal, sure, but a fool's errand? Holy. Freaking. Cow.