In the US, at least, there is a disdain for facts because of the disdain for science

Not only a disdain for science, but a generalized disdain for education, for expertise; the idiotic belief that everything is just a matter of opinion, and thus disdain for fact and objective reality.

Send cards of thanks for this to Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones, Howard Nema, Michael Savage most Republican members of Congress and, of course, Twitter and Farcebook.