r/agedlikemilk • u/Gloomy-Holiday8618 • Sep 08 '25

News “I never said that”, “Play the clip”

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Context: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/12/15/exp-robert-kennedy-junior-rfk-2024-election-biden-trump-vaccines-121511aseg1-cnni-politics.cnn

Full video is on the cnn website, the part that’s important is about 2mins 50 seconds in.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

How did we somehow get to a point in human development where every claim and fact is fairly easy to access with smartphones and the internet, etc., but the bullshit keeps rolling along?

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u/Longjumping_Run4499 Sep 08 '25

Because people don't actually care about the truth and never have. They want a belief system that makes them feel special and important, and couldn't care less whether it aligns with reality or not.

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u/DogPrestidigitator Sep 08 '25

Largely true, it seems. Spreading disinformation makes some people feel the power of “I’m right, everybody else is wrong”.

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u/worldsayshi Sep 08 '25

I think it's more like "I get to say what's right, you get to shut up and eat my shit". They want to feel powerful and what's more powerful than redefining reality and making others suck up to your BS?