{
  "type": "quote",
  "site": {
    "name": "Leafy Quotes",
    "language": "en",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com"
  },
  "formats": "Every page has two versions with the same data: JSON (the page address + .json) and markdown (the page address + .md). Append .json or .md to any `url` in this document.",
  "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-may/losing-confidence/little-wonder-that",
  "json": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-may/losing-confidence/little-wonder-that.json",
  "markdown": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-may/losing-confidence/little-wonder-that.md",
  "id": "8a72c1d3-cd28-4860-b880-662cc9fba3c1",
  "slug": "little-wonder-that",
  "text": "Little wonder that the dumbing down of the political discourse, the attack ads and war rooms reign triumphant. The fifth estate is an enabler in this addiction to political trivia in place of reasoned debate.",
  "language": "en",
  "author": {
    "name": "Elizabeth May",
    "slug": "elizabeth-may",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-may"
  },
  "book": {
    "title": "Losing Confidence",
    "slug": "losing-confidence",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-may/losing-confidence"
  },
  "character": null,
  "chapter": null,
  "chapter_parent": null,
  "page": null,
  "verified": false,
  "original": null,
  "other_languages": [],
  "topics": [
    {
      "name": "politics",
      "slug": "politics",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics"
    },
    {
      "name": "media",
      "slug": "media",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/media"
    }
  ],
  "source": {
    "name": "Wikiquote",
    "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_May#Losing_Confidence_-_Power,_politics,_And_The_Crisis_In_Canadian_Democracy_(2009)",
    "license": {
      "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
    }
  },
  "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:58:40",
  "more_from_book": [
    {
      "id": "99c7b71d-60a1-4a79-83a7-8f2b544ef5e4",
      "slug": "countries-with-high",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-may/losing-confidence/countries-with-high",
      "text": "Countries with high voting rates also have high levels of political knowledge.",
      "language": "en",
      "character": null,
      "chapter": null,
      "chapter_parent": null,
      "page": null,
      "verified": false,
      "original": null,
      "other_languages": [],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "knowledge",
          "slug": "knowledge",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/knowledge"
        },
        {
          "name": "democracy",
          "slug": "democracy",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/democracy"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Wikiquote",
        "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_May#Losing_Confidence_-_Power,_politics,_And_The_Crisis_In_Canadian_Democracy_(2009)",
        "license": {
          "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
        }
      },
      "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:58:40"
    },
    {
      "id": "589ec8cd-381e-4b8e-9efa-5ac241c5b5dd",
      "slug": "i-participate-therefore",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-may/losing-confidence/i-participate-therefore",
      "text": "I participate, therefore I am.",
      "language": "en",
      "character": null,
      "chapter": null,
      "chapter_parent": null,
      "page": null,
      "verified": false,
      "original": null,
      "other_languages": [],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "humor",
          "slug": "humor",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor"
        },
        {
          "name": "democracy",
          "slug": "democracy",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/democracy"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Wikiquote",
        "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_May#Losing_Confidence_-_Power,_politics,_And_The_Crisis_In_Canadian_Democracy_(2009)",
        "license": {
          "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
        }
      },
      "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:58:40"
    },
    {
      "id": "061e8359-a9ea-4a1f-afb8-1da9e87feec7",
      "slug": "we-canadians-think",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/elizabeth-may/losing-confidence/we-canadians-think",
      "text": "We Canadians think that Canada is a modern, well informed democracy. We look down our noses at the dumbed down content on Fox News and CNN, without noticing that we are rapidly heading in the same direction.",
      "language": "en",
      "character": null,
      "chapter": null,
      "chapter_parent": null,
      "page": null,
      "verified": false,
      "original": null,
      "other_languages": [],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "media",
          "slug": "media",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/media"
        },
        {
          "name": "democracy",
          "slug": "democracy",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/democracy"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Wikiquote",
        "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_May#Losing_Confidence_-_Power,_politics,_And_The_Crisis_In_Canadian_Democracy_(2009)",
        "license": {
          "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
        }
      },
      "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:58:40"
    }
  ]
}