In some circles of the anti-Trump universe, it is popular to imagine a post-Trump reckoning, much like that of Nazi Germany, wherein his followers deny ever having supported him.
I do not imagine anywhere near that level of self-awareness.
I do not imagine anywhere near that level of self-awareness.
The GOP will never be convinced Trump did anything wrong.
They will believe the Democrats relentlessly hounded him & impeached him for no good reason.
They will believe he was unfairly blamed for the deadliest pandemic in history & cheated out of reelection by a vengeful media.
They will believe the Democrats relentlessly hounded him & impeached him for no good reason.
They will believe he was unfairly blamed for the deadliest pandemic in history & cheated out of reelection by a vengeful media.
Their media bubble will ensure that they never view our shared history in the same way we see it. No matter how insanely obvious it may seem to us.
“History will not be kind” is gone. Fox News and other fact-averse media has robbed us of any kind of shared perspective.
“History will not be kind” is gone. Fox News and other fact-averse media has robbed us of any kind of shared perspective.
Hell, Fox News (which self-identifies as “entertainment” when the chips are down) could disappear tomorrow & the problem wouldn’t go away. American conservatives now feel entitled to their own media which pushes back against any news events or perspectives they find inconvenient.
So even if we never have another Civil War, we already occupy two separate nations. We’re not divided by geography, but by our own parallel versions of the truth. We don’t share the same history, and a shared future seems increasingly unlikely.
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