[yusyusyus]

Voters have no agency? Kind of a dim view on democratic processes.

[miltonlost]

Voters are heavily influenced by propaganda. If they weren't, then there wouldn't be advertising.

[dartos]

Convince me that voters, at large, have agency.

Ad spend and marketing reach is a great predictor or election outcomes.

This last US election really lowered my optimism about the democratic process.

[Nasrudith]

While deeply dismaying on multiple levels Trump was outspent in election budgets. While there are many things to damn voters for being mere puppets is a worse overly-reductive explanation than that the majority are just bad people.

[HeatrayEnjoyer]

Functional democracy is much more than just "everyone casts a vote"