Arun K Govil

A Nation Of Sheep Will Believe A Trump Arun K Govil

"A Nation of Sheep Will Believe a Trump" is a brilliant book that examines the fate of American democracy and its survival against the backdrop of millions of people who are so easily misled by manipulative social media and conspiracy theories so that they live in an airtight sealed bubble of false information which is devoid of any reality.

The book enumerates various reason for this dumbing down of America, including, The Dunning Kruger effect, for why a certain part of the country's population has developed a Sheep Mentality and become more susceptible to be influenced by certain news outlets, fake social media posts and racially divisive rhetoric. Psychologists Justin Kruger and David Dunning explained in their research that people who lack critical thinking abilities, have a blind spot that makes them overestimate their knowledge, especially in those areas which are alien to them. The book goes into great detail as to how people form their passionate political opinions and what social and economic factors have the greatest impact on their beliefs. The book also details what safeguards can be added against the dangers posed to American democracy by ignorant voters.