“There is one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance”
Education is the best hope for a democracy. A population which understands the traits needed in a leader knows the difference between a con artist and a legitimate leader, and knows which path forward to take is the difference between an effective democracy and Socrates’ nightmare. While in our democracy the typical voter doesn’t need to worry about being placed in a position of power by lottery, they do need to understand enough to select the right person to have in power in their stead.
“Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms”, Winston Churchill.
