Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. This quote from George Bernard Shaw is very inspiring and truly captures the essence of the democratic process as it as been practiced for over two hundred years now.

In a democracy, it is considered extremely wise to listen to all sides of an issue and trust that through an unbiased process of voting and debate, we can arrive at the best possible solution. Unfortunately, this idealistic view of democracy does not always portray itself in reality and we often see examples where individuals with little knowledge and certainly no experience with the issues at hand win elections at the expense of true representation of those who do not have similar knowledge or experience.

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