“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ’my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” -Isaac Asimov

This is feudalistic tendencies look like. Keep people uninformed, stupid, and unable to act on information. THEY will tell you what’s actually what.