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Re: What are the odds on a US Russia-like dictatorship within a decade

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Tue, 04 Jan 22 7:52 PM | 18 view(s)
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It lost its "cognitive immunity" long ago.

The time I really noticed the different realities was following 9/11, where a sort of madness happened. Setting aside the shock of the violence, many Americans were stunned that their self-image wasn't reflected in how foreign people saw the US.

To some extent, I think we are still sorting through Americans' bruised ego following that event.

But it isn't really cognitive immunity. It's intellectual cancer. And it started even earlier. I think Gingrich gave birth to it from a party viewpoint.

Maybe it was there before that, but I wasn't aware of it then, except in Talk Radio. But I just switched channels whenever Rush Limbaugh came on.




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Re: What are the odds on a US Russia-like dictatorship within a decade
By: clo2 in ALEA
Tue, 04 Jan 22 12:37 PM 		Msg. 44317 of 54959

-- Philip Bump's followup to new WaPo polling: "Republicans who watch Fox News are more likely to believe false theories about Jan. 6..." (WaPo)


-- Thomas Friedman: "We no longer share basic truths. The country as a whole is kind of losing its cognitive immunity, its ability to really sort out fact from fiction..." (CNN)

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