Only one in ten American voters want a bigger military budget. Congress keeps approving massive spending increases anyway, as it did when it voted for a nearly $1 trillion military budget last week.

  • some_designer_dude@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    What the people want isn’t always right either. Case in point: Trump.

    Democracies work if the society invests in educating the voting public. This government does the opposite because they know smart = more likely left leaning.