Do you object to laws against fraud in general or just this specific one?
Now it's like people don't know what the truth is, and they don't really care. It's slowly corroded the foundation of democracy, that being people making decisions based on the available facts. If they're being told that Muslims or Jews are the problem on such a constant basis they might be forced to believe it due to peer pressure.
I'm not sure laws can fix this. This is a systemic problem.
I guess it's just too bad that no one ever thought of some alternative to pure democracy, like electing a handful of trusted individuals to do the work as a full-time job and represent our interests. We could call it a "Republic" or something.
Too bad nobody ever thought of that.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is Hamilton's argument for having Electors cast the actual ballots for President without necessarily being beholden to how their state voted.
>Hamilton viewed the system as superior to direct popular election. First, he recognized, the "sense of the people should operate in the choice", and would through the election of the electors to the Electoral College. Second, the electors would be:
> "men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice."
>Such men would be "most likely to have the information and discernment" to make a good choice, and avoid the election of anyone "not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_No._68#Hamilton.27s...
Democracy only functions properly when the electorate is well informed, that is being fed a steady diet of actual facts, figures, and editorial that puts it in perspective without heavily distorting the truth. Whatever form your democracy takes, "Republic" or otherwise, it depends on meaningful discussion and debate, not the current climate where one side refuses to engage with the other, or facts in general.
There are many different lenses to view the world through, but it's like these major media outlets aren't even interested in our world and instead create one that fits their views, then pretend to live in it.
"Millions of illegals voting" is just one example of this.
Similarly with fake news, people are not being defrauded out of their money, but the deed itself is no less fraudulent.