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I do believe that 1/5 of the nation are goddamn idiots, in fact that number might be a bit low.

• EA-3167 3y ago
  I've more or less arrived at a similar conclusion, it seems like about 30% of any given population is some combination of stupid, hateful, uneducated, easily mislead, prone to conspiracy theories, mentally ill, on drugs, elderly to the point of bafflement, etc. It seems to be an issue worldwide, and I feel like social media has forced the issue of just how the other 70% of us are meant to reign in the 30% without compromising our legal systems.
  • aebtebeten 3y ago
    My theory is that with multiple political parties and proportional representation, the middle 70% can usually form a governing coalition* either not including or outnumbering the 15% in both tails; with only two political parties and winner take all, whoever thinks they risk having 49% will be courting their extremists for all they're worth. * Geert Wilders "won" the Dutch elections back in November, but has been unable to form a government since because the other right wing parties have been asking "if you want us to join you all (Wilders' party), which of your extreme planks are you (Wilders) going to renounce?", thus far to no avail.
    • EA-3167 3y ago
      That's a very good point, I suspect you're right that the current system is more or less biased towards failure.