Lootocracy: Follow the Money
"Screen Hypnosis Part I" Experts fear that Americans are losing their ability to distinguish between fact and fiction — and that fewer people seem to care about the difference. The online churn that now accompanies any major news event obscures the common reference points that once helped guide the country forward. With technology, impudence and apathy all colliding at once, the shock to American attitudes toward reality — and the public consensus required by the democratic experiment — may be a permanent one, experts said. — The New York Times , February 3, 2026 After acquiring Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk rebranded it as X and reversed or weakened many of the platform’s previous hate‑speech policies. He is now in legal trouble in Europe for violating laws that mandate those policies, such as laws against denying the Holocaust. Musk usually did not post homophobic, white nationalist, or antisemitic rhetoric himself, but rather made his mark by retweeting, although, as ye...
