Truth.
@erictopol One wonders who the "we" is supposed to be there.
@williamgunn @erictopol
Right-wing billionaires and the GOP

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Alt-text, so as not to exclude people who use screen readers.

Cartoon of boardroom table, with man at head of table saying,
"Once we undermine trust in doctors, fact checkers, and scientists, we'll be able to sell
people anything."

@erictopol Tobacco industry be like

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In order to install new systems of power/knowledge, old systems need to be undercut and dismantled.

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'HyperNormalisation is a 2016 BBC documentary by British filmmaker Adam Curtis. It argues that governments, financiers, and technological utopians have, since the 1970s, given up on the complex "real world" and built a simpler "fake world" run by corporations and kept stable by politicians. The film was released on 16 October 2016'

https://vimeo.com/191817381

HyperNormalisation

Vimeo

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I have seen this documentary. Very fitting to what is currently happening around the globe, even though this particular piece focuses mainly on Russia, it is true for pretty much everywhere in various shades of grey.

@GreySkies @erictopol Yeah, it fits what the UK Conservative party have been doing since 2016. Ignoring the real problems while inventing problems to distract attention.
@erictopol so far these people remain the most trusted - despite the war on experts - thankfully