Public and especially political consensus, is when a majority grant the assumptions handed to them, with the precise amount of moral and intellectual authority they wish to abdicate their personal responsibility for, to those whose job it is to manufacture mass opinion.
I recently experienced difficulties making payments to Rubin Report, so they've locked me out of my supporter status, I used the "contact us" to send them messages about this, hoping they'd sort it out for me while awaiting payment. I've been with RR since 2020, so I assumed they'd sort it out, they have not responded & although payment has now been made, my status has not changed back, to say I'm disappointed is a huge understatement.