Do conservatives believe the shit on Fox News?

[Spongebob]

Unfortunately yes.  But they are just responding to what people are interested in.  Often times we see that the very basis of our society and culture is the key to our own sickness.  Like genetic mutation is the key to evolution and cancer.

The new opiate of the masses?

Ya lost me with the genetic reference, not sure it's a good analogy.

Human imagination has driven our species to develop valuable technologies and pursuits but it also drives us to extreme levels of self-destruction.  It's a gift, and a curse.  Thus the DNA/cancer reference.