Therefore, as in all social fears, there will be an increasing belief in the coming decade that the federal government is in the hands of conspirators.

A few data points: In 1960, about 89 percent of Americans—or about 158 million people—were white. Just over 10 percent (about 18 million people)

In a particularly illuminating study, the US public were asked how much of the total national wealth each 20% of the US population owned, from the poorest 20% to the wealthiest 20%. They were then asked how much each group should own in an ideal world. They guessed that the wealthiest 20% of Americans owned around 60% of national wealth, but that t

In the Brexit referendum, “Leave” won by a slim margin. A month before the Brexit vote, the polling form Ipsos Mori discovered that the British public was systematically misinformed about the facts relevant to the decision. For instance, Leave voters believed that EU immigrants comprised 20 percent of the UK’s population. Remain voters estimated 10

were Black, with Americans from other ethnic backgrounds making up the remaining 1 percent (about 1.6 million people), according to data from the Census Bureau.4