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In reply to the discussion: Why the American People hate Congress (at a glance, via one graphic) [View all]TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)Speaking of lazy.... lazy thinking that.
How about: a good portion of the 99% work their asses off to raise families and work (sometimes multiple jobs) because they don't make a living wage. Their time is valuable. Using my mother (single, raising 2 kids) as an example: by the time she got off work, cooked dinner and got things ready for the next day of work at her (sometimes multiple) job(s), it was time for bed. Laundry (at the laundromat because we didn't have a washer dryer), house cleaning, bill paying and shopping on the weekends.
How about: the process is purposefully opaque exactly because there is a bias toward keeping the "rabble" away from and ignorant of the process.
How about: the average reading level FOR ADULTS in this country is at an 8th or 9th grade level. That really doesn't allow for vast amounts of complex thinking regarding where you might find clear, digestible information about the candidates. And it also doesn't allow for quite the nuanced thinking and weighing of political options that.... say,.... your average middle to upper-middle class white, white-collar employee might have.
What you posted is incredibly short sighted and insulting.
Yes, SOME people can pull themselves up out of abject poverty and out of a family with absolutely no background in education beyond middle school. But it is very rare and it is hard as fuck. (I should know)
And SOME people with no clue about the workings of politics can educate themselves about the subject and about the process. But, again, not easy. At least not in the somehow flippant manner you seem to ascribe it. Not by a fucking long shot. (again, I should know)