The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled. ~Aldous Huxley
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink.
The wise salt the hay.
And why there wasn't pushback on the soothsayers of the past.
Agitators have the greatest effect.