Reddit Has Become a Battleground of Alleged Chinese Trolls

I wish people still lived by the idiom "Don't believe everything you read". It's like social media stopped all forms of critical thinking in society.

> I wish people still lived by the idiom "Don't believe everything you read"

When did they ever?

> It's like social media stopped all forms of critical thinking in society.

Human society as a whole is irrational and does not engage in critical thinking. Small groups of highly focused individuals, or individuals themselves sometimes can, but it takes too much effort most of the time.

We trust our friends and family, our tribe. Something shared on Facebook by an uncle is more trusted than a maliciously researched article on the New York Times.