This recent story from the Washington Post reports on a study that shows Americans are dumbasses when it comes to politics and voting.
Unfortunately, the results are nothing more than a "No shit" moment for me.
I've suspected for a long time that people vote for whomever offers the pithy slogan or manages to give the best "rah rah" speech.
It's too bad. The founding fathers would be saddened at our state of willful ignorance. The founders noted that an educated public was the best bulwark against tyranny.
Our own inability to engage in civic responsibility could destroy us...it's given us the past 8 years of rights erosion and fear.
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