TPTB and their minions have been busy telling us not to worry about the state of the world - a condition for which THEY are chiefly responsible:
I agree with this in principle, since always reading negative stuff does indeed turn one in that direction.
But sometimes they go too far, for example with this op-ed which suggests we should not think at all:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/opinion/fake-news-media-attention.html
If you don't have a subscription to read this NYT article, here is what it said - You can't figure out what is going on, so don't try; just pick someone you can trust (like the NYT?) and believe what they tell you.
Certainly, that strategy will cut down on the anxiety, but it also will allow TPTB to do whatever they want with no oversight by or pushback from We the People.
Are you happy now? Without an informed public capable of critical thinking, there can be no democracy. Do you get that, Mitt?
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