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This is the key problem of democracy, the educated part of the society is always minority.

• hshshshshsh 2y ago
  I don't think education do much. People still stupidly vote for one of either republicans or Democrats based on trivial psychological reasons. If education played some role you would probably might have seen an alternative party/form of government emerging over time as people became more educated.
  • gljiva 2y ago
    Knowing facts and applying algebraic formulas indeed doesn't seem to be doing much, but I guess education about logic, critical thinking, biases, fallacies and debate _would_ play a role _if such education was emphasized_.
  • Cthulhu_ 2y ago
    > If education played some role you would probably might have seen an alternative party/form of government emerging over time as people became more educated. But there are plenty of alternative parties / forms of government, it's just that in the existing political systems - especially in the US - it is reduced to a two-party system. First-past-the-post voting naturally leads to a two party system. Basically, the US is doomed to stay in a two party system unless one of them decides to change the constitution or whatever dictates this system, or there's a successful revolution. (I don't think Jan 6th would be a successful revolution even if they, for example, killed all the senators).
  • mrguyorama 2y ago
    Plenty of democrats are trying to enable Ranked Choice Voting in the US, and that is a good step towards improving how the US voting system works, and reducing the power that the parties have. Ranked choice voting for example means that Republicans in mostly Democrat states like california could be better represented than they currently are, by voting for a "more conservative" candidate who will still get democrat votes. The republican party is explicitly against ranked choice voting despite this.