A major problem with the letter is that it would not have been possible to mention, even in passing, the collapse of the Russiagate narrative -- nor the reliance of other important narratives on provable falsehoods -- and get even the 153 signatories they got.
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We are in much a much deeper epistemological crisis than is generally understood
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It's precisely the center-Left that went furthest into denial delusion, hyperbole, fantasy, and moral panic (recall Neera Tanden tweeting "resist" on November 10), creating opportunistic opening for successor ideology to parasitize it
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The respectability politics of media-adjacent intellectuals who are surrounded by Russiagate enthusiasts is what prevents this reckoning and makes their attempts to address what's really happening comically futile
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Whereas the materialistic Left are surrounded and captured bearers of the Successor Ideology. Only a few people have any actual, properly integrated understanding
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It's hard to tell where an "integrated understanding" stops and differences between reasonable people resume.
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