If you wanted to control other people — and potentially the whole world — here’s what you would do:
Tell everyone the sky is literally falling. The climate is changing. We’re all going to freeze to death or burn alive. Make it sound horrible. Frighten gullible people into believing, “Well, it could be true. How do I know it isn’t?”
Gain influence in science by only reporting facts that support your theory, and suppressing or ignoring facts that refute it. Call your propaganda “science.” Gain control by making sure most science is supported only by tax money. That way, the government will deem what is and is not science. Ditto for universities, especially the Ivy Leagues.
Get control of the political process in Congress and the agencies in government. Buy off the Senators in office for 50 and 60 year terms. Frighten the Supreme Court justices with blackmail, if necessary. Next thing you know: Science consists only of the facts you want to be true. Make things up when needed, but only as a last resort; the real trick is to report things that are true, but ONLY things that support your theory. Retaliate against anyone — especially a scientist — who challenges ANY of your theory with even ONE fact.
Once it’s established that science tells us the world is ending, that we’re all going to die UNLESS we do anything and everything the government tells us to do…well, the rest is a piece of cake.
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