I think that dismissing large swaths of the population as “idiots” is overly simplistic. There are many groups with power that benefit from keeping people misi

I think that dismissing large swaths of the population as “idiots” is overly simplistic. There are many groups with power that benefit from keeping people misinformed and unable to rationally determine what is truly in their own self interest, all the way from childhood indoctrination on through to old age. I’d want to neutralize some of the most egregious uses of such misinformation before simply blaming the people entirely themselves.