Everybody knows, they always do. I like to think I am open minded, unless you are just bat-shit stupid wrong in which case I am not open minded. But if you can make a reasonable, rational, argument, I will certainly hear you out. I like to have my mind opened and I like to explore new possibilities, but it takes rational thought to do that and it is sorely, sorely missing these days. You see, everybody knows. Everybody knows exactly what is going on in the country, hell, in the world. They know man, they know. If you point out to them that what 'everybody knows' is typically confirmation bias, which is hearing an argument you want to agree with and selling it off as your own rational thought is what 'everybody knows' they will immediately attack you, because they have never heard of confirmation bias. 'Everybody knows' things, these specific things, but they don't know what confirmation bias is, so they discount it. You could say it is just susceptibility to propaganda, but those are big words, and 'everybody knows' people just use big words when they can't explain something adequately to a listener. 'Everybody knows three dollar words are bullshit.' I see this more and more when discussing anything government related or regarding the financial market. The talking heads on both sides make a living, a pretty good living, discussing what 'everybody knows'. They dress it up, spin it a bit, give it the old razzle dazzle, and it comes out the other side sounding like the ten commandmants, but it's really just wishful thinking or hateful thinking, depending on the outcome you are looking for. The best thing about negativity is that eventually you will be right. Bad things will happen, on a long enough time line, its almost a guarantee. Take crypto for example. Cryptocurrency, the new, although it's not exactly a babe in the woods anymore, the new medium of exchange that these damn kids are using to buy stuff and sell stuff. To most folks, it is this mythical wonderland of