Your last paragraph very well expresses the reality of (I’d say) social media - it’s mostly people talking in circles around propaganda someone else has created

Your last paragraph very well expresses the reality of (I’d say) social media - it’s mostly people talking in circles around propaganda someone else has created for profit. How will it look in 50 years if your grandhchild sees you arguing till you’re blue in the face and alienating half of your personal community because of some factoid that isn’t even accurate? We’re going to look like primitive ape-men. I guess it’s similar to how we look back at drunk driving in 1500 pound steel death traps. Or oppressing blacks simply for being black. But then again those grandkids will probably in turn look dumb for falling into the trap that virtual reality was a valid replacement for actually living your life.