There is no mysterious subliminal or sub conscious
explanation for those who step on their own toes and vote against their own interests. Their lack of the ability to critically think
is perceptibly evident; their ignorance clear for all the world to see.
Our nation is filled with know nothings and getting worse as
higher education becomes unaffordable and the education one receives in elementary and high
school, sometimes by equally ignorant staff, is often junk. Experience the torture of watching a Tea
Party or Republicon rally to see how serious the dearth of perceptual
understanding of – well – most everything from science to the use of expressively
correct English is. Moreover, an understating
of our nation’s history with a critical and questioning eye is nearly nonexistent.
I recently wrote an opinion on Dred Scott and its
application to the racial events in Ferguson, MO. A friend said he would be
willing to bet if one asked people as they walked by on a busy street if they
knew and understood the importance of the Dred
Scott decision or if they even heard of the name Dred Scott they would say
"NO."
The
ignorance of history and the contemporary events of the nation in which
our population lives and its electorate votes is staggering and that is
why so many vote against their own interests. They swallow the party
line because they know nothing and do not want to know anything else.
