Comment by 1718627440
5 days ago
> it falls apart when you go to places where the average person is poor and/or uneducated
But being poor or uneducated is not an innate property of a person. Everyone can become poor or rich, educated or uneducated at any time.
> Think: places where people express eagerness to elect a certain person to a third term.
That's exactly something where I think "Smart people don't think others are stupid" applies. Just because people don't vote in ways that would follow your logic means they are dumb. They maybe have different priorities, incentives or moral than you.
You can't really relativise an absolute stupidity. Well, I guess you can up to a certain point, but then reality catches up.
I'm not sure I can imagine an example that refers to what you mean. Can you give one? But keep in mind I never claimed that there are no stupid actions.