People used to think smoking was safe, even good for you, thanks to a major marketing campaign from the tobacco industry, and an effort to manipulate the science, and politicians. Nothing has changed since, in terms of corporations and oligarchy having huge influence over media, science and politicians; over public consciousness. Actually, it's got much worse!
It's easy to look back on these propaganda coups. Not so easy to see through them when you're actually living through them and the $trillion corporate PR machine has the narrative fully under control, and speaking out against the manufactured consensus results in losing your job/friends, being smeared, perhaps killed.
Thank goodness we now have the internet and the ability to easily seek out other information! Though that is now gradually being taken away.
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