“If my workers and I vote for the same party one of us is an idiot*, and i have proven that iam not”
Prodromos Bothosakis Greek Oligarch 1890-1979
*idiot comes from the greek work idiotis significing the person that doesnt participate in his community affairs – a person only interesting in his private life, the word traveled through the roman empire to modern french english etc with the meaning of a fool or stupid person.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot
in deed you have to be stupid if you cant see that public interest is your interest