@richq11, As a longtime Libertarian, and as such having been elected twice to political office , I too am (was) a big fan of Dr Paul!!! You say people don't want the truth. May I use the phrase ""Cognitive Dissonance""???
I believe it is the manifestation of having had a box built around oneself..... A World view.... Manufactured both by those who have told us what to believe, and what we construct ourselves. ANY viewpoint which threatens that box is painful!!! The "Box" is, after all an extension of ourselves. It hurts, as much as cutting off a finger to have our box hacked at(At least emotionally.) We all have emotional "Triggers" that kick in when our box is in jeopardy. I've seen people completely ignore facts, debate the obvious, and discard the truth, to protect their box!!! Most are living in a matrix, designed by themselves around their "Box". Waking them up to the truth is very difficult indeed. This makes the truth irrelevant....... Facts inconsequential.