04-19-2016, 02:06 AM
(04-19-2016, 01:49 AM)Devils Advocate Wrote: Still, I think that's a cop out. Confirmation bias is aplenty on both sides of this fence.
Not really.
There are a lot of people like me who don't trust the government, but also don't believe every conspiracy theory out there.
In fact I would say that if you took a poll very few people trust the government to be truthful with them.
George Bush won re-election by getting over half of American citizens to believe that Saddam Hussein was involved in 9-11, but at the same time there was a very large portion of the population calling "Bullshit!"
The government definitely has disinformation and propaganda programs, but they are not nearly as effective as you claim.
