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Donald Trump’s success reveals a frightening weakness in American democracy
Trump found a flaw in our political system, and we have no way to fix it.
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This article is spot on, if a bit optimistic. I've seen this process before. Even if it doesn't happen now, a seed has been planted that will be extremely hard to uproot.
I guess I was right that the article was too optimistic. I hate it when I'm right like this.
No way to fix it without an educated, critical-thinking populous. Of course, that would ruin the multi-billion USD per year business that is organized religion so... no way to fix it is right.
And one of those religions would be brain numbing, Pavlovian consumerism.
I think consumerism is adaptable to the prospect of educated, informed consumers. From the business perspective it's just a matter of pivoting the product offering, changing the marketing etc. for example Elon Musk's enterprises, organic foods, health clubs, sustainable foods, green jobs and so on and so forth. It's not virtuous to the nth degree but you get the picture. Meaningful progress can be made even with compromises.
Religious religion is fundamentally at odds with critical thinking because the product is obedient faith. Without blind faith of masses, there is no product. You cannot pivot on that without rampant ignorance and fear. There are no concessions that can be made that would not unravel the very fabric of institutionalized religion (like in Northern Europe e.g. Holland)
It's been fascinating to watch. I hope this election helps us implement ranked voting.
No it does not,
in fact the contrary.