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To paraphrase Terry Pratchett, once you think the problem is that you have the wrong kind of people, you shouldn’t be a leader
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You’d said the problem was voters. That’s an entirely wrong way to look at politics.
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Obviously I was being glib. But even if I weren’t, I am not intending to be a leader, so Pratchet is not talking about me.
Having said that, voters have dynamic, even mutable qualities, and those are exactly the qualities that determine elections. There is an entirely reasonable approach to politics that is about educating and informing voters so that they can make more rational decisions. There is a very effective approach to politics that encourages and exploits voter disenfranchisement. Yes, voters can be the problem.
