THE L.A. TIMES WROTE A COMMENTARY PIECE ABOUT CALIFORNIA SUFFERING FROM TRUTH DECAY. THEY SUGGESTED SACRAMENTO SHOULD INTERVENE. This obsession with repairing reality is the core of the enshitification. The system did not break down by accident. It was designed to exploit the gap between what is real and what is viral.

The concern for “truth” is nothing but a marketing opportunity. When people are confused they are engaged. Confusion is the currency of the digital platform. Politicians do not want a well-informed electorate. They want a disoriented one. This is not a failure of civility. It is a success of processing.

The mechanisms of this decay are perfectly profitable. Complex information is replaced by simplistic outrage. Nuance is stripped away to create easily shareable soundbites. Institutional authority is treated as a partisan weapon instead of an objective service.

Sacramento’s desire to fix the narrative only proves how thoroughly the system has been co-opted. They are begging for the return of a calm state of mind. This is a blunder. The stasis of the truth ended the moment the profit motive began to override the public good. Nothing is savable.