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Moron rule
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It states that in a perfect democracy, the masses would elect morons because they themselves are morons.
It's a fucking joke. And what about that is antidemocratic?
It implies that the people are too dumb to govern themselves; that as they get get closer to a perfect democracy, the choose dumber leaders.
It's not a bug, it's a feature. Perfect representation would actually by sortition (selection of public office by jury duty type random selection), but that scares people because "I don't want just anybody to be in power" but that doesn't stop people who should from getting it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition