Not "Trump supporters." Populists. Both ends of the spectrum have them and I promise you, if someone wants to post a screed from some rabid Bernie Bro along the same lines, I'll be equally as scornful.
Actually the founders had very little faith in the public. Hence, they wrote the COnstitution to have had electors electing the president and state legislatures electing senators before amending it in the 20th century to let the people select their senators. They feared the public would bankrupt the nation in their ever increasing desire for free things. When the government ran out of money to pay for those "free" things, government created the Federal Reserve to print money. The whole thing all made Bernie Madoff look like a piker.
Frankly, if education was the standard and guide, why does the Supreme Court have 5 to 4 decisions? I don;t think anyone here is stupid. Yet we have very divergent views on things. These are usually pressed by personality. Some people are more traditional in their thinking and others more willing to change. That falls into line with conservative and liberal thinking. It has little to do with logic. That's why each side can;t believe the other side thinks that way it does and can be so stupid and illogical. What's wrong with them?
We're up to page 188. How many people here have changed their minds from page 1? Actually I think there are only three independents left in the entire country. One is in South Dakota, the other Indiana, and the last is hidden somewhere in Appalachia, state unknown. He's hiding out from the pollsters who are dying to find out how he's going to vote in November. He may be the key to the election. I for one hope he stays hidden so there's a point to this thread although I doubt if he's secretly reading it.
