“People are confusing belief with truth; they’re confusing unsubstantiated opinions with truth. And the goal is general distrust, which has been encouraged and, indeed, to some extent, manufactured by a lot of pretty outrageous lies. That is a dictator’s playbook. Left or Right, it doesn’t matter. And if you don’t want a representative democracy what is it, what do you want? People need some education about what democracy is and what tyranny is. If Protestors or Politicians are going to engage in rhetoric without leadership, we better figure out how we’re going to engage.” ~ Margaret Atwood