This is a common refrain from people that think Bill Gates is inserting microchips into their brains and everyone else are sheeple that need to wake up.
The problem is nobody can entirely think for themselves. People are manipulated by advertising and propaganda which reprograms on a subconcious basis to the point they will not be able to accept basic verifiable facts, let alone anything more complicated.
How about removing the log from you own eye, before attempting to remove the speck from your neighbour's eye?
So do you propose we double-down on this, with the help of the government? I'm ok with that, since I believe there is 0 chance anyone can do anything about it. But we can at least stop being two-faced about it.
Could you point me towards any supporting evidence or fleshed-out theories regarding your conclusion in the second sentence of my quote?
I find it difficult to go from "advertising and propaganda", which clearly exist and which can be argued to have an effect, to completely losing the ability to "accept basic verifiable facts".
Am I missing something?
15 years ago in Russia repressions bagan with lagislation to "protect childern from information on internet".
Good luck proving that.