[knz]

> So they support policies that sound good to the uninformed. And here we are :)

It's too simplistic to put the entire blame on voters - I don't think the US has a monopoly on "low information"/uninformed/apathetic voters when compared to other OECD nations.

Surely different social expectations on the issues squeezing the middle class (health/child/education costs), a different (more partisan?) media landscape, geographic size, a polarized judicial system (who weigh in on the "culture wars", campaign financing, war against drugs etc), and deeply entrenched financial interests have some significant influence upon our elected officials.

[BurningFrog]

Nobody is blaming voters. Their ignorance is entirely rational.

The cost of becoming an expert in society, economics, etc is vastly bigger than the benefit you can expect to get out of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_ignorance