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on Wednesday September 14 2016, @01:07PM
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from the interesting-but-not-surprising dept.
Three of the four major candidates for United States president have responded to America's Top 20 Presidential Science, Engineering, Technology, Health and Environmental Questions. The nonprofit advocacy group ScienceDebate.org has posted their responses online. Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Jill Stein had all responded as of press time, and the group was awaiting responses from Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson.
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U.S. Presidential Candidates Answer ScienceDebate 2016 Questions
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(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Wednesday September 14 2016, @09:56PM
One of the basic facts about US politics is that most people do not vote for their own self-interest. Fredrich Engels (y'know, Karl Marx's homie) observed over a century ago that all the US needed to do to turn itself into a socialist nation was for the working classes to realize they were the majority and vote for their self-interest. So you can be darned sure that those with power have done everything they can to prevent that outcome.
"Think of how stupid the average person is. Then realize half of 'em are stupider than that." - George Carlin
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Thursday September 15 2016, @03:48AM
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury."
--atrrib. Tytler et al.
http://www.lorencollins.net/tytler.html [lorencollins.net]
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.