You can't blame the median person for being a Nazi or a Communist or a believer in the Democratic Kampuchea (Pol Pot). Simple people are convinced by simple ans

You can't blame the median person for being a Nazi or a Communist or a believer in the Democratic Kampuchea (Pol Pot). Simple people are convinced by simple answers/slogans/etc and it should come as no surprise to anyone that the majority of "supporters" fall into the camp of easily manipulated people. Which so far in history has probably been most people in most nations. These discussions always imply questions like: If democracy is really an exchange of ideas and people are remotely rational about how they select their candidate/party, then why do they spend so much on advertising? People are swayed by the faintest attempts at manipulation. In light of how easy the median person is to manipulate, blaming your agrarian grandma for her political beliefs almost callous.