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Obligatory reference to "Seeing Like a State". We are in a similar situation to Russia in the 1930's -- an ideological chasm where recognizing science and reality disrupts the order of society. We are careening into the ditch.

Mammon then Famine.

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Dead on. So much "research" is modern western Lysenkoism, accompanied by endless demands to "listen to the science".

Corrupting science, whether for political or financial gain, is existentially threatening, but seems incredibly popular.

And labeling people as conspiracy theorists if they dare question it, even if they are in a position to do so. A lot of people will just start self-censoring and not bring up the questions. It takes someone with impeccable credentials, integrity and enough FU money to rise above that, and we don't seem to have many of those left. They know if you google their name and articles with "conspiracy theorist" come up that they are basically blacklisted from their industry, which is too big of a risk for most to navigate.

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