How do you know they aren’t making decisions based on falsehood right now? You have to get information out there and only then can you evaluate whether it is true or false (or practical or inconvenient which is arguably more important in politics.). All democracy means is that we trust the citizens to evaluate truth for themselves. Not everyone believes this. India, for instance, has from its founding has taken the paternalistic position that the wise philosopher princes of New Delhi know better than you or me. I don’t agree but most people over there don’t seem to mind. (And I bet 90% of the ones who claim to be upset about it are only upset because it is the wrong set of philosopher princes.) This unfortunately is also democracy. So what are you going to do?
One powerful way to insulate against this is to instill critical thinking skills: "don't believe everything you read or think" as a tenet of public life.
