I agree. A friend of mine many years ago said something to the effect that the average John Q American was too uninformed to make intelligent decisions with respect to governance.
The average American IQ is a mere 100. This explains their collective instinct to base decisions on what everyone else is doing and what the TV tells them to do, as well as their tendency to vote for who looks good on TV. 100 IQ’ers can barely understand the issues. PS -Advertisers know this and exploit it - why else is Madison Ave. a success?
I don’t have a solution, yet this is an unfortunate fact. Maybe we should bring back the days of having to own property to vote. It sounds very out there, yet has its merits. Property owners may not all have superior IQ’s, yet a person must have some intellectual vision/acuity to think ahead enough to own property. Also they care more and will be more informed on issues.
I am being somewhat facetious, but look at what is happening and the types “the herd” votes into office.