When pandering to the masses will allow you to get them to vote against their best interests. Perhaps people need to pass some sort of simple test before being able to vote and maybe rules in place against convicted felons running for office of any kind...

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

We already have the 14th amendment, but Republicans don't seem to like The Constitution.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure this is the exact reason plato (iirc) described democracy as the second worst possible system of government, next to autocracy. Giving everyone a say in politics is fair, but conveniently ignores that most people are simply too dumb, ignorant, lazy and uninterested in political matters to be able to exercise that power responsibly.