It will ultimately depend on the voters and their politicians.
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You’re points are well taken. I would point out, however, that massive voting fraud was perpetrated with relative ease. The fact that it undermined the very basis of our democratic process didn’t seem to alarm most of the people.
So there is still a lot of truth in my statement. One need only look at the American advertising machine. It exploits the pervasive gullibility of the public every single hour of every day. If their idiotic advertisements didn’t work they wouldn’t be paid so much to produce them.
A sucker is born every moment.
Agreed.
And, many of the rest are not taught how to imagine or produce favorable outcomes.