[RipSawyer]

The sarcasm drips from your comment but on a serious note I have been attempting to imagine just how many people have had to be corrupted for this unimaginably blatant and widespread farce to be promoted as the truth. The image that comes to my mind is of a fishing pier at Myrtle Beach packed solidly with media and government types who are busily pulling in various species of salt water fish with their custom made fishing rigs and all the while proclaiming that there is zero evidence that there is an ocean anywhere near them and calling anyone who claims knowledge of an ocean on the coastline of the state of South Carolina a liar.

It really seems just that absurd to me. Am I overstating?

[cgbg]

how many people have had to be corrupted for this unimaginably blatant and widespread farce to be promoted as the truth.

Suppose I told you that a handful of billionaires could make this happen.

They would need to own all major media outlets (directly or through straw owners).

They would need to bribe public officials in key states (probably a couple hundred officials would be good enough).

They would need to have friends at the NSA and CIA (on the take as well) who could give them blackmail files on politicians who refused to play along...

If the billionaires are evil enough, easy peasy.

[jcon40]

Your analogy is funny and spot on. You could add a hurricane of corruption thrashing the dock that they deny is there