Decius wrote:
] Campaign finance reform attacks the symptom and not the
] disease. We don't need campaign finance reform, we need voter
] clue reform. As long as so many people remain completely
] incapable of independent thought they will always be the
] victims of big marketing budgets.

Well, yes, but I think it'll be easier to get campaign finance reform. :)

Remember, most of the people in the world are just plain not as bright as most of the people in our little community here. This doesn't mean that most of the people in the world are stupid. This means that they are average in intelligence, and that we are the odd ones, by being *above* average. And as the higher IQ ones, I believe that we have a responsibility to the others of our species. It falls to us to some degree to come up with *systems* that work, not to sit around whining that other people aren't as smart as we are.

It's my belief that it's the human condition for some to lead and to push for change, and for most others to follow. For most people, they naturally follow along with the systems that others have established. Which, again, doesn't make them stupid -- it makes them human.

So, fwiw, I'll keep pushing for campaign finance reform.

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