“The United States has fallen into a state of utter political nihilism, where there is no limit to what one party can say or do in order to achieve and maintain power. Worse, there is no meaning other than political theater behind it.”
And…
“Trump and his people play by the reality TV rules. All that’s required is a plausible facade, while we expect adherence to actual facts. *** All that Trump’s followers want is a powerful fiction, something they can sink their teeth into, something with which to taunt us college-educated Atlantic readers.”
(via The Atlantic)
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