Instinct and Responsability

Read in The Social Future as seen by six SF Writers:
Ken Wharton: “Individuals often don’t have the time and/or inclination to dig into any particular issue for themselves, meaning that many people will tend to make decisions using the very instincts that are most easily manipulated.”
Pat Murphy: “I feel that the more powerful the government is, the less people take the personal responsability. And what we need now is more personal responsability, not less.”
Ken Wharton: “[swing-voters] are so overburdened with busy lives that they’re running just as fast they can to stay in the same place“.