The sheer amount of self-delusion and mental gymnastics it must take to buy into these pro-Trump mega-conspiracies that are solely meant to twist reality until it breaks, and are thus giant and jaw-droppingly nonsensical, has to be exhausting.
But this is exactly what's happened in Russia to secure Putin's power. The goal is to create an environment where there is so much deception and confusion that people simply give up and accept whatever they're given.
Continually, in Russia, facts are changed, allegiances shifted, laws altered, messaging twisted, just to keep people from ever knowing what's going on. It's a strategy.
And it's time that we recognize it's not just that there was an effort by Russia to get Trump elected, but that he's actively using those strategies that have benefited Putin. It's not a coincidence.
These conspiracy theories, these disinformation campaigns, these onslaughts of overwhelming information and scandals, they're not by accident. This is how the system implants itself and beleaguers a population until they simply don't care anymore.
Already the absurdity and fascism of the Trump Administration is becoming normalized. Over time, this will become the new normal, and all it takes for this machine to continue working is for apathy to become the default mode of existence.
