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No. Well-educated, cultured individuals can be just as ideological and destructive as "mere plebs". Take a look at contemporary Academia. What makes a democrac
by anotherarray 10y ago
No. Well-educated, cultured individuals can be just as ideological and destructive as "mere plebs". Take a look at contemporary Academia.
What makes a democracy "work" is a set of established rules that secures the long-term development of the country.
- dschiptsov 10y agoProportions matters.
- jondubois 10y agoAgreed, even highly intelligent people can be completely oblivious to certain basic things or have severely skewed views of reality which may actually be worse for society than mere stupidity.
- tremon 10y agoNo, I think the GP is right: in order for democracy to work, a significant part of the population must understand how it works, or at least care about how it works. "Educated" does not always mean "high-income" or "high-status" -- it can also just mean what it says. If you only go by a set of established rules, you: - are running (part of) your government by autocratic decree. - still risk the population rejecting your form of "democracy".