> The logical consequence of the belief in people being unable to defend their minds against elaborate ads is that we should abolish democracy.
Totally! And it’s a disheartening thought the more you think about it. How can people who, in their majority, do not have an informed opinion on _any_ issue (not because they are necessarily stupid, but because for almost any given issue there will be fewer people who have thought really deeply and clearly about it or were specially trained to think about it than those who haven’t) be trusted to make a choice?
And, to continue this bleak train of thought, why should your fate as an individual be governed by the choice of the uninformed?
Totally! And it’s a disheartening thought the more you think about it. How can people who, in their majority, do not have an informed opinion on _any_ issue (not because they are necessarily stupid, but because for almost any given issue there will be fewer people who have thought really deeply and clearly about it or were specially trained to think about it than those who haven’t) be trusted to make a choice?
And, to continue this bleak train of thought, why should your fate as an individual be governed by the choice of the uninformed?
It is all very depressing.