In both countries, what passes for public debate is still, on closer examination, mainly repetition of national slogans, appeal to popular prejudice, innuendo, self-justification, misdirection, incantation of homilies when evidence is asked for, and a thorough contempt for the intelligence of the citizenry.

— Carl Sagan Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millenium (1997)

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