To all of it's citizens. But to our most vulnerable first, which includes all of the hinterland. Food, water and shelter should be a basic human right for all citizens under the charter.
There is no debtor's prison in the usa. Charge everything you can, especially if you are poor. Let the chips fall where they may. With any luck the government will bail out the citizens like they do for the airlines, car companies and banks. /s
I read that as "Scientists are increasingly worried that people are generally stupid and cannot confirm or distinguish truth from lies". And, dammit, they're right!
That's the whole point, isn't it? Exposing criminals and charging them will hurt them in all sorts of ways. Personal responsibility suggests that if you made your own bed then you lie in it. If you get a bunch of "powerful" cohorts doing the same thing it becomes a criminal conspiracy cabal with certain protections built in. I guess they find themselves "tween" a rock and a hard place.
Be positive! Anything is possible. The people will rise up once again! The underground is now more powerful than the mainstream due to the "societal" shift into absurdity. Blood is more powerful than a token representing dubious value.
Thankfully a lot of people have a movie making machine in their pockets (cell phone). Content will eventually be produced by the masses, competing against the behemoth media companies. Barring that, local community theatre productions. Maybe get a cheap CD player or two and put it in the back closet and then start collecting CD's again. There is more stuff in media history to consume than there is new stuff being produced. A lot of it is better.
Change "hurts" to "helps" to fix. I agree though.