I'm confused about the American Republican party

[FireIceTalon]

accepting the FACT of evolution for that matter. So, the issue is not inherent stupidity, merely a lack of education.

I would add that for both parties, the uneducated voters tend to act, and vote selfishly. But, that is their right. We don't like it, but that's democracy.

Corrected that first part for you But I tend to agree that ignorance is a bigger problem then stupidity. I dont think anyone is inherently born stupid, but ignorance can and DOES breed stupidity, which is pretty much the same thing as willful ignorance. Being ignorant is one thing, for no individual has absolute knowledge obviously, but willful ignorance is a straight up crime in my book.

For the second part, it is democracy only in the context of the current system we have, but certainly not democracy in the overall big picture of things since our system is one based on class antagonisms. 'Bourgeois' Democracy (what we have) and Democracy as most people think of it are two very different things. The two party system is merely a tool designed to give us the illusion that we are democratic, but as long as there is a ruling class that controls and consists of both parties, it is anything but. Having any sort of central State authority in general, that has a monopoly of power and violence, means there is democracy for only a certain segment of society. How much power the State has of course, is another question. As far as im concerned, we are just a small step away from becoming Nazi Germany. Alot of the same principles they had are the ones we have and value today, even if less extreme (strong patriotism, reactionary nationalism during times of crisis, ethnocentrism, anti-intellectualism, preservation of traditions, obsession with religion, etc all based on war-driven economics combined with anti-progressive or anti-socialist ideology).