Voting is Pointless because I have a strong-interest in Democracy

[The Lurker Below]

Why does hardly anyone in the US vote for parties other than the Republicans or the Democrats? Do 98% of the country love either of those two parties that much?

We're taught in school that if we don't have the answer on a multiple guess test to always choose C. Adding more than two options to the election ballot would confuse us too much, we'd all choose C, and the parties would break down into fisticuffs over whose name gets into the C slot.

[Montmorency]

Yes, I think a good way to achieve that is a good education.

Why/how?

[Husar]

Why/how?

Because a good education teaches critical thinking and certain values such as democratic values. I t shows people the options they have, teaches them how to make a good choice and how top see more than the obvious propaganda. At least I like to think that this is what my education taught me.

I was on a public school and we even learned to be critical of the media, exemplified by a picture from (IIRC) the Kohl years that was "photoshopped" to remove a bunch of protest signs from a visit of the US president because such negativity did not suit our government at the time. That's also one of the reasons I do not believe that public education necessarily means you become a pro-government puppet because a good education just teaches you how to think for yourself and especially to be able to think critically.

The following saying is also true for voting IMO: "Studpidity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result."

The more educated a population is, the fewer lies and deceptions it should believe from politicians, e.g. trickle down.