[civilized]

Oh, I don't know. Whatever the faults of $CURRENT_YEAR, it still compares favorably to that time when we randomly invaded a country because a two-pizza team in the White House thought it'd be awesome.

And then we re-elected the guy who led the circus, because YEAH! WARTIME PRESIDENT! USA! USA! USA!

We've always been tyrannized by a majority of unprincipled, easily-duped, low-information voters. This is why democracy sucks and has to be checked by an anti-majoritarian constitution that enshrines basic liberal values.

It doesn't stop every horrible thing from happening, like the aforementioned stupid war, but it sure helps stop the worst stuff.

[nyokodo]

> unprincipled, easily-duped, low-information voters

The Iraq war was authorized by Congress including most of the Democrats and The NY Times and other left media backed the war, at least at first. It’s sad to say that it was a bipartisan war albeit with a vocal minority who opposed it.

[civilized]

Yep. Everyone showed us who they really were during that time.

We are a silly and foolish people. Blundering comes naturally to us.