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Originally Posted by LWJ
^^^This certainly contributes.
I don't consume ANY television outside of Netflix. And the TV news? Damn. I would rather my children watched porn. "News" is fear-mongering.
But I think the above is more than people being baited into hate / fear.
I wonder if the long COVID situation has broken social bonds and norms. Oregon was far more locked down than most of the country. It messed with people. Maybe more than I realized. And the last two months have had endless rain...
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It's a complex issue but in simplest terms, I think the trifecta of media's monetization of hate, COVID and the rise of conspiracy theory culture has broken the concept of reality for many people.