Quote Originally Posted by Poopadoop View Post
No, I do realise that. I just manage to live with it. If the boiler repair man prefers I don't learn how to fix my own boiler, I get it. But I still have other things to do with my life than become an expert plumber, so I'm willing to pay him £80 to do what he's good at, just like he's willling to pay me to teach his kids.
King of analogies.

We're talking about a nation of people being informed enough about economic and political matters in the context of whether or not we should have direct democracy, and you're talking about your fucking boiler.