A couple of problems are at play here: 1. Many social theories aren't falsifiable science. Examples for this are Marxism, where every criticism of the theory c

A couple of problems are at play here: 1. Many social theories aren't falsifiable science. Examples for this are Marxism, where every criticism of the theory can be framed as an attempt to keep the "lower class" from "rising up", or certain schools of feminism where every criticism can be seen as "patriarchy" maintaining it's position of "power". These rhetorical fallacies pose traps for people who aren't experienced in scientific reasoning and especially for those who have a predisposition towards paranoid thinking, which seems to be a certain percentage of the population. 2. With the rise of social media came deep changes in public discourse. Suddenly there's an army of public speakers that didn't have a voice before. Social Media took away the "in-between" spare-time, that is crucial for cultivating thoughts and managing emotions. Prior you could leisurely think about problems while waiting for the bus. Now the internet is pushing (often negative) information at you 24/7. And it's demanding immediate response. So there's this giant array of public opinion now, that is much less informed, cultivated and I guess age-wise generally younger than before.