“My main worry about referendums is that you are taking a very complicated political question that requires knowledge of a bunch of background facts in the social sciences and you're handing that question to people who don't know those facts and in fact, are systematically misinformed about them.” PeopleKnowsFactsPoliticalSocialWorryComplicatedBackgroundsBunchSocial ScienceReferendums Author:Jason Brennan
“For some reason when it comes to democracy, we seem to think that political knowledge doesn't make any kind of difference or we shouldn't say that it does, like it would hurt people's feelings.” PeopleThinkingKindDoeReasonFeelingsSeemsPoliticalDifferencesHurtDemocracy Author:Jason Brennan
