The worst part about it is that formerly intelligent people are now firmly entrenched in the ‘normally intelligent’ camp (my euphemism for ‘the stupid’).
I have much deeper thoughts on this but cannot give away that aspect of my book.
Suffice to state that I have coined it here at FR as ‘the true pandemic’ (i.e., “pandemic of stupid”).
It really does explain everything, but the dilemma you describe remains...
And you are right on target too...
This is the level you speak of. Here is what happens to be trending viral on Rumble. Apparently if you ignore it then it will go away.
https://rumble.com/category/viral
The one that really gets to me are the priorities. As Rome burns the priorities are...
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4016852/posts?page=1
I don’t think this will become an issue when we are all forced to live stone age around a campfire.