Usually when people talk about the ills of Indian democracy they usually always talk about how the lack of education has made Indian politicians corrupt and not responsible for their actions. Though I accept that the Indian political system is corrupt and is the single most important reason for the slow growth in the last 50 years, an article I read a few days back also makes me think if it is only the illiteracy to blame?
A recent survey in the US (one of the so called developed nations) came up with the astonishing results that more than 50% of the Americans now believe that Iraq had WMD and that it was part of the plot of 9/11. Surprisingly this was not the case a year or so ago and this was cited in the article as proof of the success of the current governments handling of media and how it is able to convince people that its going to war with Iraq was a correct decision.
So it actually does not make any difference if you are educated or not, if people are always gullible politicians will always take advantage of it. :(
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