"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." That's a quote by H.L. Mencken. Put Mencken right up there with Bierce. A newspaperman with an acidic personality and a very sarcastic style. The world should definitely have more Menckens nowadays!
Anyway, I can't help but believe that Mencken was correct with his above quote. If you need proof, just look at how many Bernie Sanders supporters there are out there. Or Hillary supporters. Don't laugh too hard Trump fans... I could have easily pointed at you too! But I digress, lets stick with Sanders for a minute. Here is a guy who says he wants to tax the rich to give to everyone else. The problem is, his definition of rich is whether or not you have a job! Have you ever looked at this man's background? During the 60"s he was a conscientious objector to the Vietnam war. While that certainly doesn't bother me, It does make me wonder how effective he would be as a commander in chief. What really bothers me about the man is that other than public office, he has never held down a real job in his life. Politicians have created the problems we have now. I don't think a career politician is the person to bring in to solve the problem,. My same thoughts go to Clinton on this (as well as that I believe she is dishonest and untruthful. I don't know about you, but I have noticed that some people cannot speak about anything but sports, drinking and TV. Are these the people we expect to vote for who is fit for office? To be truthful, I think there should be some sort of basic intelligence test that should be administered before anyone is allowed to vote. It might have saved us 8 years of Obama. Secondly, I think that anyone unemployed should have to skip voting in the years they are unemployed. It's too easy to vote for your pocketbook For the record, I do not vote. Somehow, I think my one vote in 350 million would be essentially meaningless. I do not feel represented by either the democrats or the republicans, and I can't see pretending otherwise.
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