The opponent then says nothing is free and explains human nature/economics of it all, uses examples etc... the most skillful way as possible.
When election comes around and the electorate embrace falsehoods for truth it would be the opposing candidates fault for not promising enough “free stuff”?
Dang fish go on instinct, the fisherman can always change tactics to adapt, someone who wants something “free”/taken care of cradle to grave is a far more superior and dangerous being than a fish looking for dinner.
The cradle to grave voter will never be swayed by the conservative point of view, their candidate will always have the angle on them.
The only thing that sways the electorate’s mind is life experiences not the candidate themselves. If conditions deteriorate the cradle to grave voter might wise up and say “Hey, where did my paycheck go?” The voter would go from ignorant to informed without any candidates input.
You’re all living in a fantasy world, and don’t even know it, just like those you think of as dumbed down.
Do you really think in our modern, complex world and in our HUGE country, that anyone—even those in the know in Washington—has enough knowledge to understand the real issues?
Like government let’s the average Joe Blow voter have a look at top secret infomation that is critical to the decisions government needs make?
There’s no such thing as a citizen who isn’t dumbed down, who isn’t ignorant—simply because there’s too much to know and some of the most important stuff is top secret.
So, what’s a politician to do except make up issues over which to get the ignorant public (including you and me) stirred up.
So the public debates a lot of nonsense, and the politicians parry and thrust at each other and the most skillful wins the election.
Even though the issues are phony or if real, not very important—the system still works because the most skillful team wins the election.
And having skilled leaders is the most important thing, for if they have the wiles to win an election, we can hope that that have the wiles to face the real problems, about which only those in office can have full knowledge.