Trump is claiming to take a miracle drug that's been completely disproven while Republican states have been caught manipulating pandemic data.
You have to understand that they're destroying faith in reality in order to create a reality they can control.
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You have to understand that they're destroying faith in reality in order to create a reality they can control.
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Post-politics is a post-Cold War philosophy wherein authoritarians and authoritarian-minded people, like Trump and Republicans, are looking to all but destroy democracy and replace it with a "managed democracy" that feeds off of misinformation and illusions.
That's where we are.
That's where we are.
You have to understand something. Trump isn't an ordinary president. He's an anti-president who only provides the illusion of serving the public good while working to destroy government as an impediment to corruption and profit.
These constant lies are meant to break us down.
These constant lies are meant to break us down.
What happens, with these constant lies and manipulations and attacks on reality, is that authoritarians like Trump break down our wills, leading to apathy and a state of manipulation where we come to expect the lies and manipulation and feel like there is no hope.
Authoritarians operate in this post-political environment and make their people pliable by lying openly and brazenly.
They flaunt their lawlessness, escape prosecution, get their criminal cronies off, and make it a constant lesson that society has changed permanently.
They flaunt their lawlessness, escape prosecution, get their criminal cronies off, and make it a constant lesson that society has changed permanently.
What you feel in this pandemic, the frustration, the dull anger, the growing apathy as you expect more lies and expect nothing to be done, is the final end goal of authoritarians.
Trump and his ilk are destroying reality and our expectations of how the country functions.
Trump and his ilk are destroying reality and our expectations of how the country functions.
Trump is following a playbook that has worked in so many different authoritarian regimes. It's a postmodern manipulative strategy intended to blend misinformation, performance, and open lying.
It has unbelievable consequences and can rot a society from the inside out.
It has unbelievable consequences and can rot a society from the inside out.
Here's what you need to understand: we're not dealing with politics as usual. We're in a new, post-political era with authoritarians hiding behind the veneer of democracy while managing democracy.
We have to recognize this as the crisis it is before it's too late.
We have to recognize this as the crisis it is before it's too late.
