[DanBC]

> Many argue that democracy is inherently flawed because of people's general unintelligence.

It'd be great if elections could be fought on something more substantial than a candidate's haircut or who most people would rather drink a beer with.

I don't think that general lack of intelligence is responsible for people creating or publishing polls about drinking beer with candidates.

People get fed this tripe.

And even on HN it's hard to have political discussions. Every political thread will have some great, insightful, thoughtful, comments, and a bunch of tedious partisan bickering.