"Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all."

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Democracy tends to ignore, even deny, threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed to counter them," explained Revel. "It awakens only when the danger becomes deadly, imminent, and evident. By then, either there is too little time left for it to save itself, or the price of survival has become crushingly high.

— Jean Francois Revel