Manipulacy

System of government, where the population believes that elections will result in a state that acts in the best interest of the majority of it's people. In fact the elected governement only acts in the interest of being reelected. As such the state in fact acts in the interests of those that that can best influence public opinion; usually media giants, the government itself, and more recently extremist groups capitalising on economic downturn and the ignorance of people to the ability of big data analytics to sway public opinion.

Manipulacies are often the consequences of poor education, primarily in the fields of history, socioeconimics, and civics. As well as monopolisation of media outlets, and irresposnsible journalism.