Coming home to roost

According to Zogby, as of yesterday:

• The poll, conducted before U.K. media revealed that the British government was arguing strenuously against military action in Iran, finds 76% of likely voters believe the U.S. should let Iran determine its own future and are opposed to the U.S. trying to bring about regime change in the Islamic state. Nearly seven-in-ten (68%) respondents favored using some form of diplomacy to resolve U.S. concerns about an Iranian nuclear weapons program—49% favor multi-party diplomatic talks while another one-in-five (19%) respondents favor direct diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Iran.

Chances are most of the respondents to this poll really don't have any idea what the threats are concerning Iran, what it may take to topple the regime, and what the implications are if we don't.

Yet, in our "democracy" as contemporary politicians tell us we have, the opinions of just such uneducated and uninformed citizens do in fact matter. It does not matter that our founding fathers warned us of just such a political structure.

The only chance our republic has to survive is to restrict voting to those who have a basic understanding of economics, history, politics, international relations, and who have demonstrated the personal discipline to support themselves and their families without relying on government handouts.

Otherwise we are destined to a tyranny by the majority who have no agenda other than personal comfort and individual benefits no matter the cost to their neighbors or their country.