I just want to thank everyone in this thread for sharing their foreign policy expertise with all of us. And might I say how amazing it was as you all pivoted from epidemiologists to FP experts in record time!
The idea that people are intelligent and interested in the things that impact their lives blows your mind huh? Yeah, you probably spent a little too much time in Russia.
Tell me, do you think DeSantis is incapable of understanding more than one issue? What does that say about people in positions like governor, senator, or even president? Are they incapable of doing jobs that require informed judgements on an array issues ranging from healthcare to war?
The truth is that a lot of people are dumb and their judgments are faulty because they cannot process large amounts of information on one subject, let alone many subjects. And, yes, the Internet has given dumb people a megaphone. So in way your criticism is right, there are a lot of dumb people with a lot of dumb opinions. But intelligent people can certainly be nimble and have informed opinions on a great many topics easily.