> Isn't the whole point of democracy "a large enough volume of ignorance will average out to something sensible"?
No, which is why the avdocates of liberal democracy from the very beginning have also argued that an an informed populace is critical to it.
It is the point that “self interest averaged out over the whole population equals public interest”, though, but greed and ignorance aren't the same thing.
No, which is why the avdocates of liberal democracy from the very beginning have also argued that an an informed populace is critical to it.
It is the point that “self interest averaged out over the whole population equals public interest”, though, but greed and ignorance aren't the same thing.