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Re:Washington's governing elites think we're all morons, a n... by woodandsteel on Thursday October 06, 2016 @05:40PM (#12656353)
I've read that when the general public is surveyed on various issues, they turn out to be generally ill-informed. For instance, they think that foreign aid is ten times higher than it is, or that the rich have a far lower proportion of the national wealth than they do.
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Re:Washington's governing elites think we're all morons, a n... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday October 06, 2016 @06:57PM (#12656823)
That's true. But it does not follow that those who have accurate information, but live lives that are very different and disconnected from the average person's, are able to make good decisions for the average person.
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Re:Washington's governing elites think we're all morons, a n... by woodandsteel on Thursday October 06, 2016 @09:28PM (#12657490)
That's a good point.
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