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Here is a more extended quote from Jefferson on the same subject:

“To your request of my opinion of the manner in which a newspaper should be conducted, so as to be most useful, I should answer, ‘by restraining it to true facts and sound principles only.’ Yet I fear such a paper would find few subscribers.

It is a melancholy truth, that a suppression of the press could not more completely deprive the nation of its benefits, than is done by its abandoned prostitution to falsehood. Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day.

I really look with commiseration over the great body of my fellow citizens, who, reading newspapers, live and die in the belief that they have known something of what has been passing in the world in their time; whereas the accounts they have read in newspapers are just as true a history of any other period of the world as of the present, except that the real names of the day are affixed to their fables.

General facts may indeed be collected from them, such as that Europe is now at war, that Bonaparte has been a successful warrior, that he has subjected a great portion of Europe to his will, etc., etc.; but no details can be relied on.

I will add, that the man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. He who reads nothing will still learn the great facts, and the details are all false.”

- Thomas Jefferson

You noticed the facts, but completely failed to understand how the facts came to be.

> In the same way that they came up with the idea of divine being(s) in the image of man that rule nature.

Thanks to the diligent efforts of the Priesthood, of course, who never cease in their 'education' of humanity as to the 'truth.'

Before the world came under centralized control of the Priesthood, there were many tribes of 'Nephelim'--or no-faith-God-people. (ne-phe-el-im.)

(Nope, it has nothing to do with aliens. Guess who is telling that lie also?)

> In the same way that patriarchy rose amongst them all.

Not among my ancestors the Cherokee. They were a matriarchy. They were wiped out (genocided) by foreigners who were controlled by a paternal Priesthood.

In our own history, we were once ruled by such a priesthood. They were called the Nicotani, or Ani-Kutani. They grew insolent and arrogant and eventually crossed the line when one of them raped a man's wife. They were subsequently exterminated, to the last man.

> In the same way that a shared currency was deemed necessary.

By whom? Who made that decision for you? Is it you who is deciding to get rid of cash and make everything digital too, so that you can be even more easily tracked, controlled, monitored...enslaved?

> Escpecially in matters of governance, there is something to be said about how humans like to organise themselves.

That's just the thing. It's not you organizing yourself.

When anonymity is outlawed, then only outlaws will be anonymous.

If one feels anything about it at all, it's a sign they're taking the Made-for-TV movie seriously.

Never take TV seriously.

The key mistake is even watching it in the first place.

"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you're misinformed." - Mark Twain

> it doesn't seem that far fetched for me that people reach similar conclusions.

How do you suppose it is that millions of people, separated by vast geographic distances, somehow all reach similar conclusions all at once?

Related: How do you suppose it is that out of 350-700+ million people (depending on whose numbers you believe), there's always only two "choices" and both of them suck?

In my state, I caught a circuit court judge shilling on a certain well known "social media" site for the establishment of a lottery in our state. He framed it as a "We the People vs the corrupt politicians" issue--with him being firmly on the side of We the People of course.

When I challenged him on his rhetoric, my comment INSTANTLY disappeared. I thought maybe it was a fluke, so I tried again, and the next comment insta-disappeared also.

Soon thereafter I was locked out of the account and asked to provide a "selfie" to confirm my identity. (I declined.)

I'll just stick with C as my lingua franca, and won't be involving Microsoft in my programming life, thanks.