US forces being surrounded in Kabul is a military blunder but it isn't discussed.
We fought a war over WMDs that didn't exist, but nobody was held accountable.
95% of PPE production was outsourced to China (etc.), so we didn't have enough when COVID arrived. Crickets.
cont.
We fought a war over WMDs that didn't exist, but nobody was held accountable.
95% of PPE production was outsourced to China (etc.), so we didn't have enough when COVID arrived. Crickets.
cont.
The banks knew, for years, that CDOs were risky and toxic but they sold them anyway to pension funds, making the financial crash possible. Nada.
I could go on and on.
Nothing real is being discussed. Nothing is being corrected. Nobody is held accountable (just the opposite).
I could go on and on.
Nothing real is being discussed. Nothing is being corrected. Nobody is held accountable (just the opposite).
The pervasiveness of this goes beyond simply attributing it to corruption or collusion.
It goes deeper.
It's more fundamental.
It goes deeper.
It's more fundamental.
One good explanation is that we are suffering from is that our system is suffering from rampant:
"assumption rot"
Any answer for a crisis that calls into question ANY of core assumptions is automatically filtered out of the public discussion as unrealistic or ill-informed.
"assumption rot"
Any answer for a crisis that calls into question ANY of core assumptions is automatically filtered out of the public discussion as unrealistic or ill-informed.
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