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>If you get off your high-horse and actually talk to them, you'll find that they are just as brilliant as you, in their own ways.

Seems fairly unlikely that the majority the 200,000,000+ eligible voters are nearly as brilliant, in any way, as this particular astrophysicist who graduated from Harvard and earned a PhD at Columbia.

>Our problems don't stem from the majority wallowing in ignorance. They are not ignorant. Our problems stem from divergent interests. What is in the interest of one, is not in the interest of his neighbor. The path to a healthier nation is in finding creative ways in resolving those conflicts of interest.

Getting everyone to vote in the direction that's actually in their own best interests would be a huge step.




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