Question

Explain this quote by Bertrand Russell:

“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.”

Answer 1

In an attempt to gather votes from people, politicians pretend to be stupid persons because there is a wrong belief among many people that stupid persons are more likely to be honest.