I've become interested in political stupidity.
Stupidity, as I see it, is an inability to think rationally. In that case, we are born stupid.
Later some of us learn to think rationally part of the time--if we have rational parents or helpful experiences or a good education, etc.
Here are a few key points I picked up from my reading.
There are more stupid people than you think.
Stupid people often reject rational thinking as elitist.
The stupid often vote against their self-interest and your self-interest.
Stupidity is an independent variable. A man can be a brilliant engineer and politically illogical.
A political party that does not win a good chunk of the stupid vote will lose.
You win the votes of the stupid by agreeing with their disjointed views.
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