From observing a lot of really crazy people on Facebook (generally people who post political stuff that is clearly false like pizzagate), I think the simple com

From observing a lot of really crazy people on Facebook (generally people who post political stuff that is clearly false like pizzagate), I think the simple combination of communicating in memes along with the enabling of large networks of conspiracy-minded types to spread those memes is possibly the root of the problem. This is surprising, because it would have been hard to guess something so simple would have such an effect and that so many would fall on the wrong side of it.