100%, re the availability / access to information. that's a potential game changer in and of itself.

as far as the broader problem is concerned, I've come to the understanding that when people are in a certain condition, ie traumatised, nutritionally depleted, etc, they end up favouring these sorts of left wing ideas. the reason being that they lack the brain power to actually think deeply about concepts like sovereignty, personal responsibility, etc.

(I don't say this as a joke. It's a large part of the reason so many people flatly refused to look at literature that made it quite clear there would be problems, re recent medical interventions, for example).

weak people are generally afraid, and less able to take care of themselves, so they tend to favour a nanny state, who portray themselves as the caregiver. ready to bail you out, should anything go wrong...

when people get start healing, and getting stronger, eventually they regain a natural impulse to want to take care of themselves...

(This is where Ayn Rand comes in).

in my view, the bad ideas will always exist. like a world teaming with infectious bacteria...

the best thing we can do is to help people heal, become strong, and develop an immune system that simply takes no notice....