The Harmful Herd

Democracy leads to a loss of individual liberty, increased mediocrity, and ultimate tyranny.

“Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them” - Deuteronomy 31:6.

One man in 1936 Nazi Germany, defied the herd, and refused to give the Nazi salute.

The illusory truth effect, also known as the illusion of truth, describes when people hear the same false information repeated again and again and come to believe the false information as true.

This illusory truth effect happens to people who should know better.

For example, when you hear someone say:

Democracy is good for the world!

You experience the illusory truth effect.

You take for granted that the lie, “Democracy is good for the world,” is a true statement.

You’ve heard “Democracy is good” said over and over again by media pundits, politicians, teachers, family, and others, so you assume the saying to be true.

But you’ve never taken the time to consider and reflect for yourself if the majority’s mentality, the majority’s morality, and the majority’s rule is always good.

According to the Founding Father’s of the United…