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All 5g gay frogs aside, this a power problem and not really a people problem. How many establishment institutions are left that citizens would wish to enthusiastically uphold? We have come to almost expect corruption and these days.

This isn't a justification for irrational conspiracy theory (which are generally harmless, yet occasionally highly catastrophic). It's that the establishment whack-em-all approach is not working, and is probably exacerbating their problem.

Re: Conspiracy content drives anti-establishment sentiment on TikTok, YouTube

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All 5g gay frogs aside, this a power problem and not really a people problem. How many establishment institutions are left that citizens would wish to enthusiastically uphold? We have come to almost expect corruption and these days. This isn't a justification for irrational conspiracy theory (which are generally harmless, yet occasionally highly catastrophic). It's that the establishment whack-em-all approach is not…

> this a power problem and not really a people problem

It’s an education and channel incentive problem. Our kids’ literacy is crashing [1]. And most Americans get their news through channels that are incentivised by selling ads.

[1] https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/us-students-reading-math-s...

Re: Conspiracy content drives anti-establishment sentiment on TikTok, YouTube

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Because everything anti-establishment is a conspiracy, remember folks, trust the main stream media - they definitely aren't working hand in hand with intelligence agencies and corporations.

>they definitely aren't working hand in hand with intelligence agencies and corporations.

And definitely neither are any of the "alternative" sources you think are telling you the real truth.

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