Political ignorance
This video is very scary, but I guess it’s scary to me how poorly informed many folks are about basic political issues anyways. As Australians, we could laugh at some of the feeble responses to questions about what Sarah Palin actually believes in and stands for, but the truth is that most of us are pretty clueless about K Rudd, T Abbott, M Turnbull, and most of the big issues in Australian or global politics, including global warming and all the hot stuff on the agenda right now.
And then we get to vote…
I love democracy, but it seems to me (on a purely rational level) that a bunch of ignorant people making decisions can’t possibly be the best way to go on some issues. This is why referenda are very poor decision-making tools.
Dunno… just saying…