A real democracy only functions when people know what's real

Why the foundation of a true democracy depends on an informed public in an age of misinformation.
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As we speed along the misinformation superhighway, we all risk losing our bearings entirely.

Here's Ryan Holiday paraphrasing Upton Sinclair:

"...in a country governed by public opinion, what forms public opinion governs the country"

Source: Observer.com

If that means exaggeration, clickbait and fake news as default, democracy as we know it slides further away from the ideal it is intended to embody.

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