Mikemoore: You hit the nail on the head. The reason it is so easy to dupe any population of people is because, at best, the schools teach how to become functionally literate (at best). That means they can function well enough to be good little consumers. What is needed to be truly democratic is a population that is critically literate. That means they can weigh both sides of the argument and make up their own minds. It also means they will be able to see through the gimmics of false advertising and campaign tricks.

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