I can tell you that American schools no longer teach logic, critical thinking, propaganda, or logical fallacies, and that's a good part of the problem with American schools these days. They teach to the test, and they teach what to think, not how to think. I maintain that that is aimed at creating a generation of sheep that is easily ruled.

I think that people like to think that they are free to do as they will, and that they think for themselves -- they simply agree with the majority. I've met so many people that are afraid of staring reality in the face and would much rather live in a fantasy of their own. Truth is hard, and we've been conditioned to go for what is easiest.