The US government SHOULD be put in that situation since they are war criminals. I don't understand why we should give leeway to criminal organisations.
Democracy is eroded by people not thinking uniformly? That's an interesting thought. I believe that was only required for totalitarian types of government like Fascism and Communism.
The NYT do not lie? Do you remember the Jussie Smollet case or the MAGA hat teenager case? What about the misinformation campaign re: The Iraqi weapons of mass-destruction? That's just out of the top of my head.
They do lie a lot. And nowadays they mostly lie by omission. It's just a different kind of lying than Breitbart's.
Why we are still hang-up to the time were NYT actually had journalistic integrity which is over 20 years ago?
Outrage is contagious. It doesn't help that politicians bait people into getting outraged (Trump on the right, Sanders & AOC likes on the left). Build enough outrage and people will protest, doesn't mean it's justified or rational. It's very easy to get brainwashed into believing that the inherent unfairness of life is somehow a product of 'the system'.
Do you know who gets outraged and 'protest' regularly? Children.
By the fact that Hunter Biden is a crackhead an he probably didn't even remember that. The guy went high to test into the army, the incredulity barrier is lower than you think.