As the presidential election nears, politicians and their media toadies are turning up the rhetoric, aware that the average voter is too (stupid, apathetic, distracted, gullible, or biased—pick one) to see beyond the lies and distortions that are being bandied about. And therein we discover America’s problem. With a majority who, for whatever reason, refuse to educate themselves before casting their ballots, voting has become corrupted to the point of being a meaningless component of the electoral process. Perhaps Mark Twain was correct when he said: “If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.”
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