"...Instead, so many people are happy to parrot whatever the latest talking point on the media is..." In fairness, propaganda is supposed to have that effect.

"...Instead, so many people are happy to parrot whatever the latest talking point on the media is..." In fairness, propaganda is supposed to have that effect. There are people and organizations in China, and in the US, who spend DECADES studying human psychology, human behavior, etc etc etc, just to be able to properly direct human thinking at scale.