I'm losing faith in democracies.

People are easily duped. Maybe that’s why I’ve become leery of democracies. People believe lies. Because they don’t take the time to seek the truth. To understand what’s happening in this world. They live by sound bites. By impressions. By what they are told to believe by  the authorities. By the so-called experts. That’s how America got into a costly war in Iraq. We were duped. Sold a bill of goods. By politicians. Even by the news media. Because the media itself was duped. Maybe it’s that people are generally stupid. Too stupid to ask the right questions. If that’s so, little wonder that democracies don’t work. Because people can be mislead. Easily manipulated. Sold a bill of goods. Repeat a lie often enough, and it’s accepted. As the truth. Yes, I’m becoming disillusioned. Losing my faith in democracies. –Jim Broede