Belief perseverance phenomenon is what you're describing, DON. I think if the truth were to be revealed, intelligent folk all around the world would band together and move to another galaxy, while the dummies stay behind to continue their patriotic butt-pounding. It's just like you said, "people prefer fairy tales." How did we get here to begin with?
Ganj Reviewed by Ganj on . Can we handle "the truth?" Lets say the president held a press conference and disclosed classified information with the nation, basically fulfilling the nation's paranoia. Do you think we could handle the truth? If the president said, "Everyone needs to clean up their act!" and began instilling a new way of life, tearing down houses and businesses, immobilizing automobiles, shutting down factories and major corporations. It's a hypothetical question, of course. It might help if you imagine America in crisis, then to have Rating: 5