Quote Originally Posted by ApatheticNoMore View Post
+100 Maybe we're just running into resource limits? Like how many people have masses of time to devote to learning about politics? But what if even being somewhat informed is a large time commitment? Then being automatons or not really has nothing to do with it one way or other.
If it's just a matter of bandwidth, how do you solve the problem? Establish a Ministry of Truth to filter out all that distorted reality (was it Marx who warned against false consciousness?) so voters can apply their limited capabilities more effectively?