I thought when Musk transformed Twitter into a playground for overt nazis & race scientists, it might prompt some kind of backlash from the US establishment. Instead it hasn't even prompted much comment! They didn't leave Twitter, Musk is still welcome in elite circles ... nothing. Amazing.
@volts.wtf@bsky.brid.gy I think of this as an example of one of the characteristics of our post-fact era โ people can and do simply ignore any potential bit of information that might be uncomfortable or inconvenient for them to take seriously.
(To be clear, Iโm not exempting myself from this; I struggle with it often. We live in an era of exponentially increasing ambient bullshit, and the effort required to vet any bit of information has lately been increasing. See also โA lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots onโ and Brandolini's law.)