To expand on what I said in the previous comment: yes, there's a lot of bullshit in the world but @gamer00's point, to my understanding, was that the truth is independent of anybody's opinions. My point was that while there is bullshit everywhere, humanity has developed and employed pretty effective methods to cut through bullshit. The scientific community is the most important of such institutions. There used to be vastly more harmful superstition floating around and believed by all walks of life in the past. While lies, propaganda, and deceit have always been and will always remain integral parts of politics, the degree of crap politicians can get away with in our era is much less than it used to be. This is a direct result of people having higher levels of education and general knowledge. I countered your argument using high tech as a counterexample and explained its importance because its very existence relies on vast numbers of individuals co-operating and having co-operated to weed out entire false belief systems in the past.