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To be fair, there's still a ton of areas in the US with questionable drinking water.

I honestly wouldn't criticize them if they chose to drink alcohol like in the old days to avoid diseases from unsanitary water.

I mean, just look at Flint :(

But also I think fewer and fewer people use the salt shaker because they eat so much processed food (which has salt that is not iodized).

This. I never add salt to my cooking because there's already so much salt in everything.

Terrorism means waging war with the west without spending a lot of money.

Genocide, on the other hand...

Great point.

It's almost like nations are just looking out for their rich people while everyone else is a useful idiot squabbling over bullshit.

Right...

It's all about maximizing profit.

Useful idiots will never understand or acknowledge this.

No, but you can ask specifically.

Yes.

Do you think children are more susceptible than adults?

Absolutely.

At what age are they less?

It depends on the individual, but the general trend is that people become less susceptible to coercion as they become older and gain more life experience.