This links to a larger point: conspiracy theories and misinformation. When things LOOK "funny" and there is a long silence or indignant insistences by power players that things actually do NOT look "funny" and that those who think they DO look funny are dumb or acting in bad faith, it's yet another blow to trust and social cohesion. The process seems to be designed to encourage already-paranoid people to become even more paranoid. Paranoid people talk to other paranoid people and....voila...https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/news/peace_publications/democracy/the-big-lie-and-big-tech.pdf
And we have a wonderful library (Carter Presidential) devoted to election integrity which soldiers on...trying.
https://electionstandards.cartercenter.org/our-mission/
https://eos.cartercenter.org/
Thank you for that tip!
This links to a larger point: conspiracy theories and misinformation. When things LOOK "funny" and there is a long silence or indignant insistences by power players that things actually do NOT look "funny" and that those who think they DO look funny are dumb or acting in bad faith, it's yet another blow to trust and social cohesion. The process seems to be designed to encourage already-paranoid people to become even more paranoid. Paranoid people talk to other paranoid people and....voila...https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/news/peace_publications/democracy/the-big-lie-and-big-tech.pdf