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    It has its drawbacks.

    “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

    ― Isaac Asimov

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      Democracy only works properly with good access to factual information and good education.

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        which is why in America, certain parties are proposing banning books and cutting funding to education. They want to make sure their base stays stupid enough to vote for them.

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          Also why billionaires and industrials bought out so many different media over the years.