> There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti‑intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’
- “A Cult of Ignorance” by Isaac Asimov, published on January 21, 1980 in Newsweek
But in a one-man-one-vote elective system what Asimov terms a "false notion" is true! Asimov rhetorically chose to label one side of an issue as "ignorant" and the other side as having "knowledge". But an honest statement of the notion would have been
"My vote is as good as yours."
This doesn't mean that ideas of right and wrong do not apply but it does mean that voting may not be the best way to choose.
> Asimov rhetorically chose to label one side of an issue as "ignorant" and the other side as having "knowledge"
This is not "rhetorical" -- they are not mere "labels" -- and in calling them that you're perpetuating the exact problem he's describing. RFK Jr.'s position is ignorant, false, stupid, inconsistent, dangerous, idiotic, etc. etc. These are not just labels.