[Hoot Gibson]

This lady hit the nail on the head with this take!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/d...260d&ei=15

You also have to look at the conspiracist mindset that says the mainstream media is the enemy of the people, the government is controlled by the Deep State, and scientists are on the take, because it’s what makes people turn away from consensual reality.

CBS correspondent Leslie Stahl once asked Donald Trump why he constantly attacked the press. “I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you,” Trump replied.

Another reason why conspiracism and totalitarianism are closely connected is that conspiracy theories take away our ability to have good-faith debates. If everything you don't like becomes evidence of your opponent's plot to destroy you, you can't discuss anything rationally. Human-caused climate change is a fact. But conspiracism takes the debate out of the realm of evidence and into the realm of character assassination of scientists and their supporters. It paints us as hoaxers and saboteurs. Vaccines have saved hundreds of millions of lives, but instead of debating their merits based on evidence, anti-vaxers portray their opponents as agents of a nefarious coverup to kill children. And it's completely irrefutable within their conceptual framework. When scientists or the government or journalists come forward with evidence that vaccines save millions of lives and prevent untold suffering, the conspiracist answer is: Well, that's what conspirators to kill our children would say.

There’s a much-needed movement afoot to fix our media ecosystem, but we can’t do that until we address the conspiracist mindset that predisposes people to believe Trump’s lies.

Musk has provided proof that the federal government was weoponized to defeat Trump in 2020 and to attempt to prevent him from running in 2024. Documents were forged, millions of taxpayer dollars were paid to the media for censoring the truth about the crooked Biden administration, millions of dollars were paid to the BLM terrorist organization at a time when they were inciting riots, arson, looting, and murder, and you label Trump supporters as delusional. 

I would say that you can't be serious, but the sad fact is, I believe that you are serious. I am not sure that any amount of proof is going to change your mind. You are searching in all the wrong places for delusions.