I remember years ago people saying the internet would be a change for good, it would open up knowledge to everyone, expose fraud, and disprove propaganda deep within totalitarian countries.
I also remember trying to argue with friends that whatever benefits the internet offered would eventually be leveled out by idiots and assholes figuring out how to use the the web for their own business.
I used to have a Scientologist neighbor, and she would sit in the sun catching some rays, with a big bowl of vitamin gelcaps by her side like some kind of snack food.