One Explanation of How We Got World Heritage Sites, Wolf Releases and Illegal Aliens

This "vote first, ask questions later" idea reaches the very nadir of inanity when it manifests itself in get-out-the-vote drives, which can quite correctly be defined as an effort to rally the idiot vote disguised as a noble exercise in democracy. Yet whether the call to the polls is organized or incidental, I would always make the same point: If people don't have the initiative to get out and vote without prodding, it follows that they don't have the greater initiative necessary to inform themselves on the issues; thus, they shouldn't vote. As I said years ago in "Get-out-the-dopes Drives":

". . . this is a problem that takes care of itself when we let nature take its course. Those who don't care may not inform themselves, but more often than not a result of that will be that they won't vote, so no harm done. The problem arises when we put the cart before the horse and encourage those who can't yet drive to take the wheel."

This is no minor point. When people don't vote, it's for the same reason why they don't repair cars, fly planes or perform brain surgery.

They're not interested in those things.

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