Trump isn't the root of the problem. he's not even the worst symptom. just the loudest and most obnoxious symptom. the root of the problem is that we, as a culture, never figured out what we're doing here. we built consumerism first and let everything else fall apart.
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and now the problem has progressed to the point where we can't talk about it productively any more. any attempt to diagnose the problem leads to enraged, mouth-frothing, culture-warring where narrative control and hurting the reputation of the outgroup is the only game in town.
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so that's it then, right? can't talk about it. have to just sit back and let it happen? where is this all headed?
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