Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Tag: political ignorance rationality

  • The Rationality of Political Ignorance

    There are those who love to expose and mock the astonishing political ignorance of Americans.  According to a 2006 survey, only 42% of Americans could name the three branches of government.  But here is an interesting question worth exploring:  Is it not entirely rational to ignore events over which one has no control and withdraw…