Because people are stupid, the difference in intelligence between the stupidest and smartest people is increasing, and democracy puts the decision making process in the hands of the masses which are intrinsically stupid
It’s a whole system designed for “intelligent” (read: manipulative, immoral, rich) people to take advantage of stupid people, and it works wonderfully in their favor.
And there’s fuck all an average person can do about it besides attempt to deal with the stupid people and convince them to do more intelligent things.
I hate it here. I want to be surrounded by people capable of reason already…
If only capitalist democracy put the decision making power in the hands of the masses. We would have universal healthcare by now and like none of the wars of the past 30 years.
No, really it’s the capitalists who make decisions, and they’ve designed it so that the people who own capital can take advantage of the people who don’t own capital. It’s got very little to do with smart vs stupid, and very much to do with “has” vs “has not.”
I, too, have a fundamental hatred of the bell curve humanity finds itself on. I have better things I want to do than convince a bunch of dumb fucks to make better decisions. The psychopaths on the other hand delight in manipulating idiots. This is why I believe we should genetically study psychopathy and CRISPR that shit away.
Because idiots think that if we let the super rich become ultra rich then they will somehow in turn become regular rich.
Because people are stupid, the difference in intelligence between the stupidest and smartest people is increasing, and democracy puts the decision making process in the hands of the masses which are intrinsically stupid
It’s a whole system designed for “intelligent” (read: manipulative, immoral, rich) people to take advantage of stupid people, and it works wonderfully in their favor.
And there’s fuck all an average person can do about it besides attempt to deal with the stupid people and convince them to do more intelligent things.
I hate it here. I want to be surrounded by people capable of reason already…
If only capitalist democracy put the decision making power in the hands of the masses. We would have universal healthcare by now and like none of the wars of the past 30 years.
No, really it’s the capitalists who make decisions, and they’ve designed it so that the people who own capital can take advantage of the people who don’t own capital. It’s got very little to do with smart vs stupid, and very much to do with “has” vs “has not.”
This is exactly it. It’s also why education has been under attack since the 80’s. It’s also why we fund schools based on the property tax
yea, the fact that Trump won the elections kinda supports my argument
people act as they vote
I, too, have a fundamental hatred of the bell curve humanity finds itself on. I have better things I want to do than convince a bunch of dumb fucks to make better decisions. The psychopaths on the other hand delight in manipulating idiots. This is why I believe we should genetically study psychopathy and CRISPR that shit away.