When I don’t know something I go to places where other people
think.
Neil de Grasse Tyson
The problem
with this concept is separating the wheat from the chaff: where you go for your
information.
We live in a
world where truth is determined more through emotions than logic, and just
because a lot of people believe something doesn’t make it true.
There was a
time when the lunatic fringe was silent, because society gave them no
platform. Then, the Koch brothers organized
and financed the Tea Party revolution, and the inmates realized they could take
over the asylum. Now the lunatic fringe
has become the lunatic mainstream.
These are
the people that rage and rant on Facebook and Twitter. Through algorithms they are grouped with like
minded people, and their delusions are reinforced: Trump won the election,
Covid pandemic is a farce, we should overthrow the government, we should
threaten our opponents with violence, God chose Trump…
Unfortunately,
we can’t put the genie back in the bottle. One entire political party has drunk the Cool
Aid.
We are experiencing
a political Darwinian evolution that will determine whether our 250 year experiment
with democracy will survive.
the Ol’Buzzard
I fear for the future, I really do.
ReplyDeleteHe's right. I am terrified of where we're headed. At least we all used to believe in the same reality.
ReplyDeleteNever seen anything like it, and I'm about your age.
ReplyDeleteYour summary put that so well - I wish all Americans could see the writing on the wall, but there are alot of crazies out there. (And Facebook has played right into their hands). Thinking, patriotic people are very alarmed, yet we feel powerless what with the upcoming fixed, gerrymandered elections. God help us.
ReplyDeleteIn 2025 America will be something between Gideon and Oceania. Please prove me wrong
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