I’m not sure we “deserve” the unprecedented propaganda efforts, the weaponization of social media, the think tanks that have been iterating more and more sophis

I’m not sure we “deserve” the unprecedented propaganda efforts, the weaponization of social media, the think tanks that have been iterating more and more sophisticated manipulation methods, gerrymandering which makes voting useless in key districts etc. Also see the work of George Lakoff. Enlightenment thinking is a myth. We’re super easy to manipulate and that’s where the effort and money goes. Confident good looking people on tv repeating carefully constructed lies with authoritarian voices and straight faces. It is impossible to argue with their viewership. Propaganda works. Do we deserve this almost impossible to navigate environment where it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s not? In my opinion this is the result of criminal efforts to normalize crime.