The German population went through serious economic troubles. Wheelbarrows of cash to buy stuff. Economically troubled people get angry and revolt, and in democratic systems that means firstly voting for the extreme candidates, the ones with a good story. Anger shuts down critical thinking and they don't think about other consequences of their vote.
That's how many elections went in a lot of counties in the last few years too.
Not to mention sunsets. How those work on a flat earth in combination with time zones is a mystery. Solar and lunar eclipses. Flight times between South-America, Africa and Australia don't match up with the flat earth map. And many more
We’re they visiting them in person and physically intimidating them?
Not this instance specifically, but other Chinese police stations around the world do indeed do that. It's seen as an organization, not unlike the CIA, just less official.
These police officers are reported to also go after people of Chinese origin that have said things the CCP doesn't like. Violating the right to free speech on USA soil doesn't sit well with the local authorities and diplomats.
The rest of flat earth society will immediately dismiss these findings of course.
In Europe, I guess. History books there are full of "and then the people got angry so they banished/killed/robbed/demolished the ruler/nobility/clergy".
Probably some trans people disliking furries. It's like how some lesbians don't like trans-women because they're not "real women".
You have to replace individuals to change the institutions
In the context of this movie, Musk is Theron, forcing himself on the wife of the protagonist and taking all the gold.
Class warfare in all its glory, going from the cold war phase to a more active phase.
Sure, there were warnings. Remember Occupy Wall Street? Peaceful protest forcibly removed? Well, they're back and less peaceful.
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The TV is for the wife, but even she gets annoyed with the amount of ads and reruns to increasingly turn to streaming.
Electronic products and software should get a "at least supported until" label on the packaging and legally obligated to keep the servers running until that time.