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"I resent the average american, someone smarter like me should dictate their lives"
Not a criticism of you, you're free to have your own opinion. I'm just saying the quiet part out loud.
I find it confusing why you put that in quotes, then suggest it's not necessarily their opinion, but following it up by implying that was the implied statement.
The guy just said American political literacy is embarrassingly lacking, which is far worse than what is needed for a functional democracy. Which has nothing to do with your "interpretation"
I believe it is their opinion, I suggested that pointing that out isn't a criticism. Its a very common opinion.
Because they don't know esoteric terms nerds like us argue about on the internet. They do know what they believe is right and wrong, and what they value in their lives. They vote for people who talk about what they value. You can criticize what they value, but that's just pitting your values against theirs. You can also criticize them for trusting, but if the last 20 years has shown anything, voters are actually not that much worse than technocratic governments at figuring out lies. And most lies that trick voters aren't* lies to the people that tell them, or believe them.
Gotcha. It's very effective if you want to make up stuff, and then argue that. But, in that case, don't you have better things to do?
Thanks for the insight.
Procrastinating is fun.