Watching the news now is a dizzying horror, an exercise in self-flagellation.
That& #39;s what Trump wants. Authoritarians depend on endless scandal to break the public will and train them to expect a society without hope or objective reality. https://www.themuckrake.com/main/postpolitics">https://www.themuckrake.com/main/post...
That& #39;s what Trump wants. Authoritarians depend on endless scandal to break the public will and train them to expect a society without hope or objective reality. https://www.themuckrake.com/main/postpolitics">https://www.themuckrake.com/main/post...
Every day we& #39;re inundated with one new scandal after another, the heartbreaking proof that our president is profiting off a pandemic and actively sentencing Americans to death.
The onslaught is part of the authoritarian playbook. It erodes our trust, our faith, our hope.
The onslaught is part of the authoritarian playbook. It erodes our trust, our faith, our hope.
Every authoritarian engages in this. Most recently, it& #39;s Vladimir Putin, who uses open and closed systems of power to rule over Russia while pretending it& #39;s a democratic society.
Trump is following that playbook and day-by-day he destroys our notion of a fair and open society.
Trump is following that playbook and day-by-day he destroys our notion of a fair and open society.