Lacking the direct test of success or failure, the voter tends to turn, not to those politicians whose policies have the best chance of success, but to those who can best “sell” their propaganda ability. Without grasping logical chains of deduction, the average voter will never be able to discover the errors that his ruler makes.
Murray N. Rothbard, Ph.D., Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, p. 887
Voluntary Virtue: https://voluntaryvirtue.org/
Find Patrick Smith here: https://disenthrall.me/
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
