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How would cryptographically verified identities solve the misinformation problem?

Conservative elites which believe it is necessary to fabricate some external evil to preserve social order are historically willing to engage in obscurantism and spread lies under their real names.

The monopolization of farm land by domestic land lords is fault of foreign powers for not allowing enough living room, attempts to end feudalism in south america are Russian plots to establish Stalinist regimes on southern border of United States, UFOs are not domestic military projects but nefarious extraterrestrials, Soviet Union is not collapsing but actually developing undetectable super weapons, Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, etc.