re: #1 CarolJ

Unfortunately probably not. Way too many people are emotionally (and financially) invested in Conspiracy Kook Land. It’s much easier to think that a cabal of shady government officials/business leaders/jooz!/alien lizard people/whatever are the cause of all woes, because then in their minds it’s something that has a simple fix, or at least make them money by making others think it does. The reality that the “system” is really super complicated and there are few to no bad guys pulling the strings is not something they want to (or often unable to) wrap their heads around.