Spot on. Can anyone explain why the majority of grown-up intelligent people believe in it besides the hard facts, akin to religious fanaticism? The so-called de

Spot on. Can anyone explain why the majority of grown-up intelligent people believe in it besides the hard facts, akin to religious fanaticism? The so-called democratic countries have some degree of liberty and rule of law, which is great. But democracy as such is an illusion. Even in ancient Athens only ~15% of the population had the right to vote. The rest were slaves (workers).