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Media Highlights TV • March 3, 2026 

# Ilya Somin argues political ignorance is a rational outcome of democracy, not poor education or media, on *The Big Questions* with Big John podcast 

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##### [Ilya Somin](/people/ilya-somin)

Professor of Law, George Mason University, and B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

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