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Based on my experience, the % of Britons who are complete idiots is >20%
This. Looking at individual elections I am of the view it may even be closer to 40% and definitely above 30%.
One in five Britons have never lived under a dictatorship and haven't got a fucking clue what they're wishing for.
They have lived under democracy and they aren’t exactly happy either.
The west doesn't have democracy. We have corporate plutocracy, where the majority of state and federal politicians are pre-screened, pre-approved, and financed by the wealthiest individuals/corporations, domestically.
Choosing which corporate whore gets elected isn't democracy.
These sort of poles are always stupid because people always answer them in daft ways. "Oh yeah of course I'd prefer a dictatorship that'd be swell"
So 4 in 5 prefer democracy. Seems okay to me.
When you consider the quality of the "elected" leaders over the last 40 years, it's kinda understandable.
That's an utterly insane thought process though.
The actual solution is to just not let idiots vote for con artists. This should be some sort of test that demonstrates they least understand the basics of the situation.
Also the media shouldn't be allowed to just straight up lie about stuff.
Of course older people believe voting makes a difference - they voted en masse for Brexit to disenfranchise younger people, and it worked.