AMEN AMEN AMEN!!! I was at an in-person Braver Angels debate on DOGE and the amount of misinformation people had was staggering. I live in a deep blue rural/suburban area and the majority of people who show up for this debate believe that the government is engaged in undercover manipulation of people. Tucker Carlson and Michael Benz were quoted prominently. It is so discouraging. Zero understanding of democracy as compromise: it is all a win/lose sports competition. People said "we have lost the meritocracy" when PETE HEGSETH is the Secretary of Defense! Under these conditions, all I can think of is Alice in Wonderland, the Wizard of Oz, and most of all The Emperor's New Clothes.
And the left should trust the right to police fairly; and the right should trust the left? We're also the most polarized country among Western democracies, and censorship+partisanship does not end well.
AMEN AMEN AMEN!!! I was at an in-person Braver Angels debate on DOGE and the amount of misinformation people had was staggering. I live in a deep blue rural/suburban area and the majority of people who show up for this debate believe that the government is engaged in undercover manipulation of people. Tucker Carlson and Michael Benz were quoted prominently. It is so discouraging. Zero understanding of democracy as compromise: it is all a win/lose sports competition. People said "we have lost the meritocracy" when PETE HEGSETH is the Secretary of Defense! Under these conditions, all I can think of is Alice in Wonderland, the Wizard of Oz, and most of all The Emperor's New Clothes.
This essay is a keeper!
Saw a t-shirt at Bi-Mart today that said FREEDOM IS EVERYTHING. No t-shirts saying LET'S BE RESPONSIBLE. Or HONESTY IS EVERYTHING.
Bravo, Rachel!
You got that right, sister. Always the bald truth from Rachel B.
And the left should trust the right to police fairly; and the right should trust the left? We're also the most polarized country among Western democracies, and censorship+partisanship does not end well.