Trump is Populist anafanya mambo yanayoridhisha immediate voters kwa wakati huo bila kujali consequences..., hio ndio disadvantage nyingine ya demokrasia...; Populist na Demagogues wanaweza kuchukua nchi kwa kuwaeleza watu vitu wanavyotaka kusikia; Wahenga waliopita walituonya
Voting is a skill that should be taught and learned;
Imagine an election debate between two candidates, one less skilled- a sweet-shop owner and the other very skilled- a doctor. The sweet-shop owner would manipulate the audience saying: ‘this man is of no good; he works evil on you, hurts you, gives you bitter potions, and places restrictions on your eating and drinking. But I will serve you feasts of many and varied pleasant things’. How effective could the doctor respond? Intuitively, the true answer- ‘I cause you troubles and go against your desires to help you’ would cause uproar among the voters. To Socrates, those who should vote are those who have thought deeply and rationally about it. Plato draws from this when he argued that philosophers should vote otherwise, what Aristotle called mob-rule would ensue.
My take: we should ensure that we Voters are informed