I don’t know if you read this article, but I checked it out. It’s written by someone incredibly ill-informed, or gas lighting. Here are a few of the lies “the vast majority of Americans believe”. Just not true. Even polls which are always weighted the wrong way to one degree or another, show this.
1. The Covid “pandemic” was (is) a serious public health issue.
2. Covid “vaccines” help people; so do face masks.
3. Doctors and hospitals are honest and ethical and care about patients.
4. Medicines and surgeries are beneficial for patients.
5. “Climate change” is a serious issue.
6. Earth has never been as warm as it is today.
7. Fossil fuels are bad and can be realistically eliminated.
8. Carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant, rather than the wonderful “molecule of life.”
9. Scientists today are honest and ethical.
10. University professors and others in academia are sane.
11. Political leaders in the United States and other Western countries are sane.
12. Biden is mentally competent.
15. Russia and all other nations would be better off if they adopted our “values.”
16. The West is “free,” but the East is “authoritarian.”
17. The governments of the United States and Western Europe believe in “democracy.”
22. There is still “free speech” and “freedom” in the United States.
23. The government is basically good and tries to help people.
24. American corporations follow “free enterprise” and are basically good and ethical.
25. The modern American “capitalist” system is working well for most Americans.
26. The news media generally tells the truth.
27. Famous political commentators on TV, radio, and online know what they’re talking about.
28. Voting is important, because it can make a difference.
29. Politicians care what the people think. [is writer trying to get people not to vote, and if so, why?]
30. Republican and Democrat politicians do not simply follow the dictates of their corporatist globalist masters.
31. Modern-day American and Western culture and values are not decadent and evil.
32. Modern-day pop music is listenable and modern-day movies are watchable.
33. “Transgenderism” is psychologically normal and socially acceptable—and not related to uncontrolled pathological sexual urges.
34. Transgender “women” are real women.
35. “Gay marriage” is normal and socially acceptable.
36. It is normal and socially acceptable to teach LGBTQ lifestyles to children.
37. It is normal and acceptable for teenage girls to
38. It is normal and even admirable for people to use words like “equity,” “diversity,” “inclusion,” and “social justice” in conversation; it shows how smart and aware they are.
39. Racism is widespread and a serious societal problem.
40. There are a lot of black people in prison because of racism, not because they commit a lot of crimes.
41. The justice and legal system is fair and trustworthy for regular people.
42. Gross obesity is okay, even attractive.
43. Smoking and drinking are bad for you and society, but marijuana is cool for everyone.
44. Cell phones and the Internet have been beneficial for society.
45. Continued technological change and “progress” is a good thing.
46. Continued social change and “progress” is a good thing.
47. More laws are always needed to improve “social justice.”
48. More laws are always needed to keep people safer.
50. The United States still has a system based on the U.S. Constitution.
#37 looks incomplete.....
I think the author doth exaggerate too much.
It would probably have been better had he written, “Here are a few lies that the vast majority of Americans believe that the vast majority of Americans believe.”
The problem is that while a majority of people “feel” something is wrong with these so-called statements of truth, they probably also feel they are on shaky ground in that so many around seemingly believe the lies. So they question whether they are the ones who are right. Or they are not well-read and not good at arguing or recalling facts and points that would support their argument, so they don’t challenge people who believe these lies.
I wish I had time to run some little social experiments and gauge where people are at on these lies by walking around with a clipboard and asking them some questions while pretending to be a graduate student working on a research project, but working on the house, working to make up for the slack of my co-workers, and taking care of my aunt who keeps being careless and falling leaves me with little time.
Hell, it would be fun to enroll in a graduate class where I could come up with an idea on a seminar paper that would be focused somewhat on items from this list and then argue with the professor and students about it and write an article about that experience.