People as a collective are incredibly stupid. And because of this they’re incredibly easy to manipulate. It has always been this way- it’s just that now, the powers-that-be have figured out exactly how to use them to a perfect advantage.
If tomorrow they announced that it had been happening for a while? Perhaps we'd move on.
If tomorrow were First Contact? Everything would change.
This has already happened. And your prediction is correct: nobody talks about it.
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