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RE: Is Total Information Censorship / Manipulation Possible?
When everyone can talk to everyone else, lies will become apparent.
If a person is ego-invested in the lie (belief that my party is good, etc) then no amount of truth or evidence will dissuade them.
Moses led a group of slaves out into the desert. All of the "slaves" had to die before they made it to the promised land. (The new generation had to be born outside of ever having understood the way of life of a slave. Our children will not understand a world war for resources, it will be, on its face, stupid)
Humans have a part of their brain that recognizes truth. And, with this little itch in the back of their brains, the seek for truth. As you seek, so shall you find.
Nicely written. My biggest worry about misinformation has always been with stuff that I could not actually check in-person (other than internet searches) even if I wanted to. And misinformation doesn't only come from "official" channels, but from hearsay information.. memes that were circulated and amplified without full-context, or without any comprehensive investigation before transmitting / repeating. I think our predisposition for confirmation bias in a sea of information could mislead us if we are looking too hard into narratives.
There have been countless of standalone incidents that people experimented to trick the media / journalists. Some false narratives actually slipped through, just because the media are competing and rushing to dish out delicious news..