It is an information problem. A majority of voters believes in the nonsense that is spread on social media, and are not properly informed about important topics.
replyProper information is readily available, and everyone on social media has been constantly exhorted to avoid scams.
replyAt this point if people are being taken in by the really obvious and bald lies, the problem isn't a lack of information. They're just plain stupid.
Social media is allowing both views and the against is winning. But the mainstream media is under the thumb of fcc and too afraid to challenge so they keep neutral (or like Fox is a cheerleading) and that's where the disinformation is coming from.
replyThe people are fairly irrelevant these days. We just saw this week how Israel and billionaires can just spam AI slop adverts to replace a popular candidate with a complete no one.
replyBoomers will see the ai generated video and believe it immediately.