Because voters are too stupid to tell fact from fiction, and need their betters to protect them from misinformation and make sure they are only exposed to approved viewpoints?
> Because voters are too stupid to tell fact from fiction
Education on critical thinking skills is a problem in the US, in my opinion. I don't think that needs to lead to 1984-esque "approved viewpoints", though.
Every single person is susceptible to manipulation. If you have enough data points you can manipulate someone. This has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence or “smarts.”
I would argue that there is actually an inverse relationship between how susceptible you are to manipulation and how susceptible you think you are.
