I was actually, jokingly, suggesting this approach to friends recently. If facts, reason, and emotional appeal don’t seem very effective, why not just spread co

I was actually, jokingly, suggesting this approach to friends recently. If facts, reason, and emotional appeal don’t seem very effective, why not just spread conspiracies? I was joking. I don’t think this would end well (remember Fauci lying about the efficacy of masking in March/April to prevent people from panic buying masks?). The ends never justify the means, we’ve been over this time and time again. I’m increasingly convinced that rank choice voting and similar voting reforms are the only hope for the future of the US. It may seem unrelated to the topic at hand but I think it’s very related. Imagine if we elected a President in 2016 that the super majority of people were relatively happy with, and who didn’t grossly mishandled the pandemic…