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"Nobody cares" is the important part. The most recent X-Files reboot did an episode on this. The age of conspiracies is over; governments don't have to kill peo
by bandrami 3y ago
"Nobody cares" is the important part. The most recent X-Files reboot did an episode on this. The age of conspiracies is over; governments don't have to kill people to protect secrets because they can just dump them in public and nobody has any idea what to believe anymore.
- busterarm 3y agoIt's not that people don't know what to believe. They'll just believe what already confirms their worldview. Indoctrinating children is the battleground. Kind of always has been though.
- somenameforme 3y agoDoes this mean that the age of conspiracies is over, or just beginning? In the original X-Files the little group of hackers was framed as an eccentric and motley crew of misfits. And in terms of conspiratorial thought in the past (or at least the perception of it), that wasn't entirely inaccurate. But now? Decades of lies, conspiracies, and misdeeds have created the scenario you're alluding to. Public trust in the government peaked in the JFK era, at 77%. Today? It's at 16% [1] and trending to the single digits. The overwhelming majority no longer trust by default, but this doesn't mean they have no opinion on what the truth may be. [1] - https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/09/19/public-trust-in-government-1958-2023/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/09/19/public-trust...