Mxsmanic wrote:

A civil war is extremely unlikely. The usual pattern is a succession of
increasingly troublesome crises, terminating with the end of democratic
government and a new dictatorship. Democracies are their own worst enemies,
and they tend to regularly self-destruct. The problem with giving everyone a
voice is that many people are stupid.


I have to agree with you completely on that.

It benefits a government for its subjects to be ignorant, and if you can
control the educational system then you can insure a continued dumbing
down of society to a point that rebelion is less likely. Like piglets
sucking on a hogs teats, the people can be placated in various ways.

There truly *should* be some sort of test before one can vote so as
to weed out the both the ignorant and the stupid people.