I think it's a mistake to assume this will always be the case. A decade ago, more than half my 40+ yo extended family was still only beginning to get exposed t

I think it's a mistake to assume this will always be the case. A decade ago, more than half my 40+ yo extended family was still only beginning to get exposed to the internet due to touchscreen phones and basic data plans becoming the default in the US. A few of them are now brain-fried Facebook conspiracy group people. It seems reasonable that eventually most people will have a "safe space" on the internet to share their thoughts. And eventually, mass hysteria and mobs and general opinion that used to only exist online will (and clearly already has started to) become an IRL phenomenon.