"People voted for them, so they represent the people. "
That's some fucked up anti-logic.
"The problem with every democracy is lack of participation."
I disagree. The biggest flaw is that majority has to be intelligent to maintain a democracy.
The education system cannot be a state-run monopoly if we are to maintain a Democracy
I can agree with this. That said there is nothing wrong with a state run school that works along side private schools which is what we currently have.
The state-run school is never allowed to fail. As such, it consumes resources almost independent of its ability to actually, you know, educate children.
No matter what, on every distribution curve half the people are dumber, and half are smarter. Since it's easier to target the lower half during a campaign that is who is targeted.
Look around dude. At this stage it's not about that. It's about "majority of the population is mentally retarded".
It's easy to get that picture, but it seems general IQ has risen. Seemingly correlating the end of the use of lead paint.
