Many believe Trump's implausible lie that he won,
"because it takes a tremendous amount of work to educate citizens to resist the powerful pull of believing what they already believe, or what others around them believe, or what would make sense of their own previous choices..."
"because it takes a tremendous amount of work to educate citizens to resist the powerful pull of believing what they already believe, or what others around them believe, or what would make sense of their own previous choices..."
As far back as *Aristotle* there are warnings of the acute risk "a wealthy and talented demagogue could all too easily master the minds of the populace, [so] the framers of the Constitution instituted a system of checks and balances..."
...That is why it's crucial America understand... "the responsibility for Trump’s push to overturn an election *must* be shared by a very large number of Republican members of Congress."
Historian @TimothyDSnyder
nytimes.com/2021/01/09/mag… (overlaps @ezraklein )
Historian @TimothyDSnyder
nytimes.com/2021/01/09/mag… (overlaps @ezraklein )
Snyder argues *some* elected Republicans may side with Trump as a "political" way to win over voters, but *others* aim to "actually break the system and have power without democracy" - abusing temporary power in Congress on a path to permanent power in an authoritarian regime.
"An elected institution that opposes elections is inviting its own overthrow."
nytimes.com/2021/01/09/mag… @TimothyDSnyder
nytimes.com/2021/01/09/mag… @TimothyDSnyder
For some Republicans, the Capitol invasion "must have been a shock or a lesson...
For the breakers, however, it may have been a taste of the future. *Afterward,* 8 senators and more than 100 representatives voted for the lie that had forced them to *flee their chambers*"
For the breakers, however, it may have been a taste of the future. *Afterward,* 8 senators and more than 100 representatives voted for the lie that had forced them to *flee their chambers*"
"Truth defends itself particularly poorly when there is not very much of it around..
Social media is no substitute: It supercharges [how] we seek *emotional* stimulation and comfort... losing the distinction between what feels true, and what actually is true."
Social media is no substitute: It supercharges [how] we seek *emotional* stimulation and comfort... losing the distinction between what feels true, and what actually is true."
"A conspiracy theory makes its victim look strong-Trump as resisting the Democrats, the Republicans, the Deep State..
A focus on alleged “irregularities”.. comes down to cities where Black people live.. a fantasy of fraud-A 'crime committed by Black people against white people'"
A focus on alleged “irregularities”.. comes down to cities where Black people live.. a fantasy of fraud-A 'crime committed by Black people against white people'"
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