If the fact givers go away then you're not giving them much of an option, right? People are predictable. If you can manipulate facts then you can control outpu

If the fact givers go away then you're not giving them much of an option, right? People are predictable. If you can manipulate facts then you can control output. Hence the societal importace of getting real fact-givers again. The whole "we feel justified lying about the benefits of X and Y because it gets a desired result" only works if you can keep it a secret. Which they won't be able to regarding 2020.