I don't know who said it, but it goes something like this.
"Every time you build a fool proof system, the fools get more creative."
You can't force people to be 'well informed' or even aware of their own interests.
There was plenty of evidence that Donald Trump was a complete idiot and a scoundrel available in 2015. a decade later and there are still tens of millions of people who will tell you he's a genius and a moral exemplar.