I feel you man (or moose). It’s terrifying but I want to see it at two sides of the same coin: internet, fast communication spreads misinformation and lies but also truth and knowledge. Social networks are those idiots but also you and me having a nice chat! We ought to bring more people to our side of the coin. To get back to the subject. Be it 70’s or 2025, if we find extraterrestrial life : military will try to neutralise, kill or control it, billionaires will try to own it, politicians to use it for their agenda and corporates to sell it.

I think you’re looking at this with too much nostalgia. Information travelled much slower back in the 70’s, so the topic would stay on longer, but it would start a new era the same way today. Some people would dedicate their lives to know more, some would get on with their lives and some would try to monetize anything out of it.

Everyday I open lemmy and see a new article about the US government leaders, I’m like “No way, that tittle is misleading” and the article is exactly what the tittle says. It would be pure comedy if it didn’t affect so many people.