The misinformation fear mongering is more dangerous than any of the hypothetical boogeymen. Why trust individuals to vote, if you cannot trust their discernmen

The misinformation fear mongering is more dangerous than any of the hypothetical boogeymen. Why trust individuals to vote, if you cannot trust their discernment? If you must dictate truth and exclude information you disagree with, then at what point are regulators predetermining the outcome of the democratic process? There are definite shortcomings to democracy. Tyranny of the majority is a popular critique. Presenting democracy as a virtue to be defended is problematic to be sure. But presenting it as a virtue while attacking the premises of democracy? I cannot decide which is more absurd, a gov. regulator presuming to have an exclusive license on objective truth as if privy to divine revelation, or suggesting that individuals making their own decisions in regards to the information they consume is dangerous to democracy. Humanity cannot regulate away "misinformation" anymore than Icarus could touch the sun. Is it hard to accept this as legitimate hubris. Propagandists desiring to regain tighter control over the flow of information seems infinitely more probable. Does anyone else here remember when we said, "Information wants to be free" ?