That's a collective abrogation of responsibility by the public at large, not one by individuals within it.
Ptui! How, exactly, do you think such "collective" behavior comes about? By the collective, emergent behavior of the individuals!
The constituent members of the public do not have (or feel they have) the responsibility or power to effect any sort of macroscopic change to the economy.
That's the point... The masses of individuals give it up and few take advantage by taking it up and extending their own power by manipulating people with FUDGE (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt, Guilt, and (the hope for self-) Enrichment).
Doesn't anyone else find it odd that the "educational" system in the US doesn't actually teach anything about how the political system really works? I.e., it's all the pablum puking pap of the simplistic notion of checks and balances and what not but doesn't actually get into how it's been gerrymandered over the centuries, how people manipulate the (non-) voters in so very many ways, and especially not how to approach, think, and act to responsibly and effectively participate? Sigh.
In that sense, it's not surprising that the public nominates someone to have that power and responsibility.
Indeed. What's surprising is that people believe they are more free and that the overwhelmingly vast numbers of the so-called "thinkers" buy into the he-said, she-said games rather than going at the underlying issues. The simplest example for this group would be the debate of Creationism "versus" Evolution.
Doesn't anyone else find it odd that the "educational" system in the US doesn't actually teach anything about how the political system really works? I.e., it's all the pablum puking pap of the simplistic notion of checks and balances and what not but doesn't actually get into how it's been gerrymandered over the centuries, how people manipulate the (non-) voters in so very many ways, and especially not how to approach, think, and act to responsibly and effectively participate? Sigh.
Indeed. What's surprising is that people believe they are more free and that the overwhelmingly vast numbers of the so-called "thinkers" buy into the he-said, she-said games rather than going at the underlying issues. The simplest example for this group would be the debate of Creationism "versus" Evolution.