Schumpeter claims that whereas in economic transactions,
for instance, people experience the results of their decisions
directly if they buy a defective product, they soon discover their
mistake - in the case of political decisions there is no such feedback
mechanism, and as a result people lose touch with reality and
behave irresponsibly.

"Thus the typical citizen drops down to a lower level of mental
performance as soon as he enters the political field. He argues and
analyses in a way which he would readily recognize as infantile
within the sphere of his real interests. He becomes a primitive again."

It seems to me, and any right thinking person, that the various
contributions to this newsgroup gives support to the above  views.

Rudolph.