Wallas argued democratic theory erred by assuming humans reason well.

Evidence

In his book, Human Nature in Politics (1908), Wallas warned that it is dangerous for proponents of democracy to assume that “every human action is the result of an intellectual process.” He believed that teaching people to become consciously aware of their own psychological processes would help them to defend against the exploitation of these processes by others and to better control their own behavior. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 101

Categorization

• SEED: The idea that consciousness-raising is both personal and political liberation (Marx+Freud merger) could anchor an essay on modern digital consciousness-raising movements.