Question as a non-american: why the prevalence of alternative facts/lies in social media? Do most people in the US not think critically? I don’t see this in Europe or SEA (worked and lived in both)

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Most people in the US are really dumb

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Living in the UK. We get a healthy dose ourselves.

France has the highest anti-vaxxer population in Europe.

Look at the prevalence of propaganda spread via WhatsApp in the developing world.

It is much easier to spot propaganda from the outside, but we should not lose our diligence when looking internally.

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The reasons are that some people want power at any cost and are willing to do anything to win.

This just manifests in different ways in different places.

US culture was never one for subtlety or compromise, that's why it seems so outrageous.

We have a pretty diverse population compared to European countries. That means that politicians are going to pander to different groups and try to turn each other against one another.

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Alternative facts make for better user engagement. Facebook and other social media companies haven’t figured out how to make the same amount of money using facts alone.

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