Democratie: voor de dommen?

Even in established democracies, more education does not always mean either more active political participation or greater faith in democracy.

In India, for example, poorer and less educated people vote in larger numbers than their more educated compatriots. Indeed, the latter often express disdain for, and impatience with, the messiness of democracy. Many yearn instead for the kind of government that would execute the corrupt and build highways, railway lines and bridges at the dizzying pace of authoritarian China.

The Economist

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