a quick summary of political participation methods
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Method
Pros
Cons
1.
Do nothing.
Bliss.
Sense of helplessness. Unreliable and random.
2.
Flip a coin.
Quick and easy.
Unreliable and random.
3.
Adopt someone else's stance.
Guarantee there's at least one person who doesn’t think you’re an idiot. (Gullible, maybe.)
Sense of helplessness. Unreliable and random.
4.
Form your own opinion when you don’t thoroughly understand the subject.
Sense of empowerment.
Delusional sense of empowerment. Unreliable and random.
5.
Form your own opinion when you do thoroughly understand the subject.
unknown at this time
Takes years of hard work. Requires method 4 as a prerequisite. Dismissed as arrogant and detached from reality by practitioners of methods 1 through 5.