The "More Americans Need To Hear This" Myth

By Chris Rossini

How many times have you heard something along the lines of "If only every American understood this" ... "Every American needs to read this article" ... "This is what they should be teaching in schools" ... "If Americans understood this, we'd be living in a free society."

Yeah, it's not that simple.

Human beings are tricky. We have the ability to believe what is false, even when presented with the truth. We can stick with the untrue; with the lies.

But how can this be?

Why would someo...