April 20, 2012

US Politics: Mixing Ignorance & Democracy

Steve Chapman, Reason


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This is an election year, which means all of us will spend the next few months carefully following the campaigns, finding out all we can about the candidates' proposals and pondering what issues are most vital for the nation's future.

Just kidding. Most of us wouldn't do that if you Tased us to within an inch of our lives.

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TAGGED: ignorance, democracy, Politics

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