Quote Originally Posted by BanginJimmy View Post
Because the American voting public is ignorant. That ignorance is caused by profound laziness and stupidity. Politicians of both sides fear an intelligent voter more than anything else.
Right but that is how our constitution is set up. Everyone gets to vote no matter how ignorant, lazy, or stupid they are. That's why I asked what is the proposed alternative that is better? Certainly a benevolent dictator could be much better but it could also be much worse because dictators don't have track record of being benevolent. Sinflix seems to advocate anarchy or at least something much closer to it. I see that as creating as many problems as it solves. Personally, I think we should be dumping way more effort into education. That could at least help with the ignorant part.