yeah but you said “propaganda” not “societal cohesion”. I’m sure the Red Scare is pretty much entirely due to propaganda.
societal cohesion is unraveling, i think, because the internet has expanded the influence of manipulators over vulnerable individuals. As more people fall for these manipulative tactics, it boosts the credibility of absurd claims simply because they gain popularity.
Your points definitely have merit but I still think that a large portion of it is due to every single thing we see on the internet is divisive and a call to arms.
Reminder that the little island weve inhabited here avoids so much of the mainstream bullshit and ragebaiting algos. Mainstream non-cuated feeds are so bad.
Either way our points go hand-in-hand.