Re: "Politicians Think You're Dumb" Re: The BBB model of Western democracy

In article <2f699e011761a70f1cdaea508dbad9a1@www.novabbs.com>,
ltlee1 <ltlee1@hotmail.com> wrote:

Why is Plato's conception of democracy discarded?
Simple. Plato grossly mischaracterized the people's collective ability
to govern.
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Why is Voting bad for democracy?
The same reason: Voting, likely mobbing, grossly mischaracterize
people's collective ability to govern.
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If one wants argue that ritualistic voting is somehow infallible and
therefore the best for the people, please do.

No one else in this thread has used the words "ritualistic" or "infallible", so that's a straw man.

Anyway, I had presented Rasmussen Report's surveys in which likely that
3 out of 4 likely voters in the US said the US government did not govern
with the consent of the people. WHY?

Assuming the poll is accurate, I don't know. I do know that we'll never get accurate polls in places like
North Korea or the PRC, because the governments there are extremely controlling.

Are these US citizens dumb as many elected officials in various Western
Democracies think their citizens are?

I don't know. Nor do I know what the point is here.