Re:Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on He...
by deaddodo on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @03:41PM
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> Conservative media does a very good job at keeping at least 50% of the country comically uninformed
A bit of an oversimplification. More like it keeps about 25-30% convinced they'll someday be a CEO of a corporation, so to vote in the interest of businesses. There's another 5-10% that have zero issues taking advantage of that naiveté for their own end goals.
But, on the other side, you have a highly apathetic and disillusioned crowd who hardly show up to vote. And, who can blame them? The system seems built against their own interests. But it's a self-destructive thought process.
A bit of an oversimplification. More like it keeps about 25-30% convinced they'll someday be a CEO of a corporation, so to vote in the interest of businesses. There's another 5-10% that have zero issues taking advantage of that naiveté for their own end goals.
But, on the other side, you have a highly apathetic and disillusioned crowd who hardly show up to vote. And, who can blame them? The system seems built against their own interests. But it's a self-destructive thought process.