>As Eric said, and I agree - stupidity is produced.
Anyway, you don't have to be stupid or reactionary to be delusional. Smart people had a lot of delusional thoughts about Obama bringing world peace or ending poverty, etc.:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randall-amster/the-obama-dividend-is-wor_b_161267.html
>Undoubtedly, the election of Barack Obama as U.S. President has
>buoyed peoples' hopes [for world peace]. Some local peace groups
>that have diligently kept vigil for many years -- such as the one in
>Potsdam, New York -- have ceased doing so in a nod to Obama's
>potential as a peacemaker. There seems to be a sense among peace
>advocates that there is finally a willing ear and maybe even an
>actual ally in the White House, and indeed our new President seems
>to possess qualities both rhetorical and substantive to suggest that
>the scales of peace and justice may at long last be tipping in a
>positive direction.