https://marco.org/2011/01/10/if-you-have-selfish-ignorant-citizens-youre
If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you’re gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders. So maybe it’s not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here. Like… the public.
— George Carlin, our era’s most perceptive political commentator, disguised as a comedian.