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@bert_hubert thank you for tackling the topic, Bert. I always appreciate your thought out and well-sourced essays.

I hope I have not misread or misunderstood your point, but I believe your question is rooted in the assumption "that truth is manifest – that it cannot be missed once the powers which are interested in its suppression and perversion are destroyed," as Karl Popper phrased it. Although popular, it's a questionable assumption. Popper again: "This important and influential idea – that truth is manifest – is one from of optimism which I cannot support. I am convinced that it is mistaken, and that, on the contrary, truth is hard, and often painful, to come by."

Would your thinking on this topic change if you removed the assumption that truth is manifest?