The Joke of Democracy

This might seem like a rant but in reality it is my political idealogy which has been crafted after much thought. At it's essence is a simple statement.

PEOPLE ARE STUPID

Let me clarify, when I say people I am referring to the masses of Pakistan. Amongst these people surely we will find intellectuals of towering potential but the averaging out effect that democracy brings into play results in the net voting intelligence of the fearsome common man. In other words, the law of averages reduces all of us to the lowest common denominator.

From here we make a small leap of faith to next statement.

STUPIDITY LIKES COMPANY

This in of itself, is not entirely a revolutionary statement. After all, we all identify with people similar to us. No, the depth here is lent by the previous statement hinting that the collective stupidity of the masses gravitates *collectively* towards making stupid decisions.

Why the emphasis? Because simply stating that stupid people make stupid decisions is a truism. What i'm saying is that in the presence of stupid people, the intelligent too make stupid decisions. e.g. Not voting only decreases the already marginal influence of the intelligent vote.

THERE IS NO SPOON

The intelligent vote, is a conceptual idea, in which a voter considers the actual platform on which a candidate or a party stands and uses it to cast his vote in favor of views he believes in. Without platforms, candidate differentiation is done on some in accordance to some arcane ritual which I can't rightly identify.

Conventional wisdom would have it that our choices are prejudiced by historical performance of these candidates. History proves otherwise. Which means, that either people don't remember or they have no choice. Which leads us to.

BEWARE OF STUPID PEOPLE

Or to be exact, a system which caters to the masses is built for failure.

This post is intentionally devoid of factual matter, i'm trying to abstract the details to present the heart of the matter (as I see it).