Comment by rbanffy

Even if we don't turn it into an effort to increase vaccination rates we definitely need to turn back the clock and enact regulations that prohibit concentration of ownership of media outlets so that people will get a balanced perspective.

Maybe that barn door was already open for too long. Prioritizing education seems to provide the best cost/benefit results so that young people graduate with some higher order skills and don't need to be told to look at both sides of a coin, they understand that it is critical to understand competing perspectives in order the know which works best long term.

When all your information comes from one main source you will have a hard time escaping that mindset unless you actively seek out a different perspective. The peer pressure on those who stay near home for their entire lives is pretty high. Maybe the answer is to require military service at graduation or in lieu of that, public service for a similar term in a region outside where you grew up.