[givemELL]

I assume that govt is about 1/2 of the economy conceptually, of the half that are left, half, conceptually can read and write at least at the fifth grade level...a minority at a higher level. There are no longer enough literate, educated voters to sustain us with a true, informed educated vote...or, are there? The next election is the last election where there might be hope for a potential beginning turnaround from the precupice we find ourselves at. ALL educated voters must vote and play an activist role. I can make no prediction. A lot can happen in the next year and a half.

[RipSawyer]

There are no longer enough literate, educated voters to sustain us with a true, informed educated vote...or, are there?

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Only a small minority is actually capable of carrying on a conversation about the government without sounding like idiots. Most have no actual knowledge of how the government is even supposed to work in the first place and not the faintest suspicion about what is and isn’t actually authorized by the constitution. Do I sound discouraged? I should!

[Old North State]

I recently saw an analysis that showed that 53% of the populace now get a significant part of their income from the government. If this is true, then a real tipping point has been past. We were warned long ago (De Tocqueville) that democracy will fail when the majority of the people realize they can vote themselves money from the public purse. We have met the enemy, and he is us.

[ashtanga]

When was the last time we had a President who had an IQ of 120 or higher, had read more than five novels, and was not an internationalist?