Truth

Until people are taught and accept that reason is the only method for delineating truth, we will continue down this spiral of madness that we are witness to.

"A third Big Myth is that government carries out the will of the people as long as its top officials are chosen by majority rule. At root, this naïve faith in majoritarian democracy is mistaken because there is, in fact, no will of the people. 'The people' is not a sentient creature with a mind and preferences and fears and hopes...."

I've yet to read the piece linked there from Don Boudreaux, but I'm confident it's worthwhile.