Now I hear it used in the context of skepticism of authority, "nothing can be known as true or false" in the current political climate and it scares the bejeebers outta me. I don't understand how that aspect of PM differs from classical fallacies of appeal to authority -- and I probably never will. :( -- but I agree, it feels bleak.

>It was initially fueled by the ennui of two world wars, and then drifted into cries about consumerism.

And also bankrolled by the CIA as a psy-op tool during the Cold war.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artcurious-cia-art-excerpt...

That figures... nothing that stupid happens without the govt being involved