“Only those who had thought about issues rationally and deeply should be let near a vote,” Socrates contended, adding that voting “requires a skill and wisdom.”
He feared majority rule could lead to misinformed voting resulting in a demagogue, a “type of political leader who relies on prejudices, false promises, and charisma to manipulate voters into choosing them.”
So how do we separate the demagogue from the capable candidate? How do we separate “… the significant from the trivial” as we are reminded by Carr and Littman in “Excellence in Government.”
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