[ProxCoques]

I used to naively think that some kind of PKI/trust network for online media would have to rise up to thwart misinformation.

But anger is the real the reason why people want to believe obviously fake info about how Mexicans are manipulating the weather. We live in a society that tells you that you are free: freedom to work hard, treat people right and do the right thing. Then health, wealth and happiness will be yours.

But what if you do all those things and see the opposite happening to you and those around you? You want reasons. 5G brain control, Bill Gates and the Deep State all look like great explanations because long arcs of neoliberal monetarism and deregulated economics is, well, boring and quite hard to understand. So who cares about some AI fakery when that's going on?

[CalRobert]

Hell, the reason I have is "capital owners have ensured that under the rules of our system wealth generally accrues to capital more than labor" but maybe I am just seeking data that agrees with my own preconceived notions. Thomas Piketty (Debt In the 21st Century) apparently got his data wrong but he's still referenced plenty.