Governor general warns of ‘growing catastrophe’ that threatens to undermine democracy in Australia

So if you make everyone stupid democracy doesn't work? And if you make anyone smart, fake democracy doesn't work? And if you radically polarize between the two, sometimes in the same person, coordination at scale just doesn't work?

“Where I see the most woeful lack of understanding … the basic understanding of the tenets of our democracy, is in the adult population,” Mostyn said.

No kiddin. Huh. As a dumb American I just can’t relate. /s