Honestly Brexit proved you can't trust the public to vote on important decisions like this. Time and again those with proper education put up evidence after evidence after evidence. That could not be refuted about how bad it was going to be. And what did we get from the ignorant plebs. 52% of people who mostly were old (so more prone to being racist or still thinking we had empire), nationalistic or extremely uneducated voting to leave while at the same time revelling in their ignorance thinking they and their equally uneducated friends down the pub knew more than the 48% who made up of the educated and younger generation. That interact more with the world. Have more understanding of how things are done and generally smarter because of more education or higher interaction with the world.
That's not democracy that's idiocracy. If you can't be bothered to learn facts and chose to live in ignorance you shouldn't have an equal say as those that take the time to learn and become intelligent.
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These people don't want to be informed. They'd rather listen to their equally alcoholic friend down the pub over those that take time to educate themselves in business, science, medical etc. They say they wish to be informed but then go "We've had enough of experts Mr prime minister." because they don't like to ne called wrong.
When it comes to public and wishing to be informed there is a line I think most wow fans know and is apt in this situation. "You think you do but you don't."