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**OWDavid** · 06-25-2010, 06:21 PM

Only a 5 point spread between complete stupidity and (relative) intelligence. How can you have a democracy when such a huge chunk of the population is composed of absolute morons?

It's why we were set up as a Republic and the Senate was appointed rather than elected.

The basic problem is well-explained by math and science:

Mos people are of "average" intelligence. Half are smarter than average, which is good. The down side is that half of the population are dumber than average, which is very bad, as it means that roughly half the population range from thinking the President was born in Kenya down to being able to count all the way to "Potato".

06-25-2010, 06:21 PM	#15
OWDavid Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 464 Senior Member	Only a 5 point spread between complete stupidity and (relative) intelligence. How can you have a democracy when such a huge chunk of the population is composed of absolute morons? It's why we were set up as a Republic and the Senate was appointed rather than elected. The basic problem is well-explained by math and science: Mos people are of "average" intelligence. Half are smarter than average, which is good. The down side is that half of the population are dumber than average, which is very bad, as it means that roughly half the population range from thinking the President was born in Kenya down to being able to count all the way to "Potato".
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