I honestly don't know what the solution is here because it's entirely asymmetrical. The truth is whoever can repeat something enough rather than objective reality. I detest propaganda but I have yet to see an effective counter to it. There's a reason why authoritarian regimes use it. It works.

Look, you don't have to believe me. You can just listen to...<checks notes> J. Michael Luttig, who "shepherded Clarence Thomas through his contentious supreme court confirmation hearing in 1991 and was a mentor to the Texas senator Ted Cruz":

Remember when people could be ironic without having to spend 5 hours building an ugly porous leaky splinter ridden wooden commode? 🫩

Not that flip-flop technology 😩😂