2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: why was the Wyoming caucus so much closer than other caucuses? Democrats only. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Isn't that fantastic? And I suspect the number is actually significantly higher.
Right on about the inverse relation between knowledge relation and potentially dangerous behavior, but for the more zealous ones which comes first -- the lack of knowledge or the propensity for cultish attachment to a leader that requires denial of information?
As you say, we so don't need those who don't like the reality of representative government! Very fortunately for us, those with that problem are few enough (and incapable of allying for long if at all with others) that they usually lose and end up sidelined for another generation or more. Thousands of posts here alone have made it clear that, when fired up by a leader, some recognize no limits in pursuit of what they want.
You know, it may be that large chunks of the right are moving leftward somewhat right now. They still disapprove of and distrust the left on the whole, but a reliable poll I forgot to copy showed a large majority of conservatives not all that worried about "big government," or whatever the term was -- but in any case an eye-grabbing rejection of 40 years of mass media indoctrination.