Democracy cannot thrive without a certain diet of truth. It cannot survive if the degree of truth in current circulation falls below a minimal level. A democratic regime, founded on the free determination of important choices made by a majority, condemns itself to death if most of the citizens who have to choose between vairous options make their decisions in ignorance of reality, blinded by passions or misled by fleeting impressions.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Democracy cannot thrive without a certain diet of truth
From Flight from Truth by Jean-Francois Revel.
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