Does it make you feel better about yourself to insult random people on the internet because they have slightly different political views than you do? That’s sad.

This is the exact attitude I’m talking about.

I found this quite interesting. This is the first I’ve heard of a physical difference between the two ideologies. Now granted, looking at the source of some of these findings, they are very left wing groups. Also, as we know statistics can also be wildly misrepresented and you can skew stats in any direction you want.…

We’re not talking about whether the tooth fairy is real. We’re talking about whether the “idiotic masses”, as some would call them, deserve to decide who runs the country.

Let’s try again: is a leader a Pilot, to be selected by merit of his uncontroversial credentials and expertise, or is a leader the Travel Agent, who books your ticket for the destination of your choice? The “consensus” third-way politics that has dominated US politics since 1992 has fallen apart. The people weren’t…

There’s a really strong current of thought among technocratic elites that they don’t even HAVE an ideology, just expertise. So anyone that disagrees with them is just uneducated, rather than possessing a different set of interests. One side simply knows that privatizing your education, your healthcare, your…

That’s a fine attitude to have if you think it’s more important to feel smug and superior than have actual power. I hope people with attitudes like yours aren’t in charge of Democrat campaigns in the future.

I’m aware. But how does this attitude win elections?

Your interpretation of the cartoon heavily depends on your political views.

That attitude is not helpful.

It shows contempt for democracy in favor of technocracy. Anyways, you’ve shown yourself incapable of civil discussion so forgive me for not wanting to discuss this further with you.

I don’t like Trump

The last election should stand as good evidence as to why smug elitism is not a good strategy.

Sometimes the common people disagree with the technocratic elites for reasons that are not due to lack of education, but because they have different class interests. One example is TPP. Another is universal healthcare, which the wonks will tell the lowly commoners is simply too costly to attempt. The comic is a…

I’m not a conservative.

Agreed!

The cartoon shows contempt for mass democracy and perfectly illustrates the smug elitism that contributed to Clinton’s loss.

This one is some technocrat’s wet dream of how democracy doesn’t work. If only the common people knew what was best for them like TPP! We should have left the decisions up to the Pilots, i.e. lanyarded ivy-league dipshits.

I see what this comic is trying to illustrate, and in a fashion it’s right. Most people aren’t smart enough to do their own investing, or understand a lot of the policies surrounding banking.

“but the sheep candidate had emails and Baaa-nghazi”