Not through the years though, I think its always been like this. With the introduction of the internet and just about everyone owning a TV its much easier for the media to get its news across. Many people do not ever think for themselves, they do what they are told all the way from birth to death and never challenge anything they were taught when they were younger. People also take the news they see on TV for the absolute truth, when in fact it hardly ever is the unbiased truth. When a news channel decides to not run certain stories, many people who only watch that news station miss out on everything else that is going on, and if said station has a certain slant (IE left or right, ect) then they will never hear the other side. Or maybe I've got it all backwards, I'm not an expert or anything, just writing what I observe. As for a societal collapse, don't know about that. I think things will definatly change over the next 10 years, depending on who is elected, but things will definatly change. Hopefully for the better, leading to a more tolerant and educated people.
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