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Voters are pretty smart. They just don't focus a lot of their smartness on electoral issues, since the personal payoff is so near non existent.
by BurningFrog 4y ago
Voters are pretty smart.
They just don't focus a lot of their smartness on electoral issues, since the personal payoff is so near non existent.
- smileysteve 4y agoTo confuse intelligence and smarts, and rip off George Carlin, the average voter has an IQ of 100.
- adolph 4y agoYes, if it were any different they would need to register as lobbyists. A disinterested yet divided electorate illustrates how well things are going since people focus on major differences with minor significance rather than sweating the details of minor differences with major significance.
- EricDeb 4y agono they're not the payoff is so near non existent because they don't focus on electoral issues but cultural issues
- BurningFrog 4y agoHere's the point: If I do all the research, understand all the issues, and make a well informed voting decision, I get the same reward as if I randomly vote for the candidates with the shortest names. Because my vote will never decide any election.