Alan: From lack of intelligence, lack of learning, lack of insight, or plain ol' malice-malevolence, Trump and his cultists do not understand that the erosion of trust in constitutionally-mandated political institutions contributes mightily to the degradation -- if not the collapse -- of Democracy itself.
20th century intellectual titan, Hannah Arendt -- who attended the Nuremberg Trials and coined the phrase "the banality of evil" -- has a lock-tight grip on this corrosive political process.
Here's how it unfolds...
Earlier Today, I Heard A Trump Supporter Say: "You Don't Know What To Believe." Once Trump Gets You To Throw Up Your Hands, You Won't Be Able To Determine What's True. Instead, You'll Be More Willing To Accept Lies As Truth. This Is Why Trump Lies So Much And Says "Who Knows? We'll See" So Often. Hannah Arendt Has The Details
How Trump Trashes The Underpinnings Of Truth-And-Faith-In-Shared-
Compendium Of Best Hannah Arendt Posts
Carl Sagan Details The Big Bamboozle (With A Little Help From His Friends)
Why "Absolutists" Prefer To See "Relativists" Dead... Whereas "Relativists" Prefer That "Absolutists" Just Mind Their Own Business
Trump cultists see liberals dead liberals want to see trump cultists mind their own business left alone leave alone
In Their Heart Of Hearts, Trump Cultists Want Liberals Dead. On The Other Side Of The Aisle, Liberals Want Conservatives To Just Leave Them Alone (And To Leave Religion Out Of Policy- Making)
Racism, The Division Of The United States Into Two Separate Polities, And The Sudden Collapse Of The Soviet Union
Red States Blue States
Updating My Proposal Concerning Possible Division Of The "United" States Into Two Separate Nations
"Texas GOP Chair Proposes Red State Secession. (Please do.)"
What Would Happen If, "Miraculously," Trump's Electoral Victory Were Validated By Swing States Who Suddenly Admitted That Their Vote Tallies Had Been Manipulated... And The Supreme Court Agreed?
Trump Could Begin His Speeches With The Words "Everything I'm About To Tell You Is A Lie..."
Conservatives And Liberals: "How We Ended Up In 2 Totally Divided Camps, Both Convinced They're Absolutely Right"
"The Greatest Generation: Labor, Capital And Betrayal Of The Social Contract"
The New (Ab)Normal: Flood Every Media Platform With A Fire Hose Of Falsehood... And The Need For A New Journalistic Method
Journalists Should Be In "Emergency" Mode
Journalistic Method Needs To Be Redefined To Deal With Trump's Re-Definition Of Bullshit As Normalcy
"On The Media"
SUPERB INTERVIEW With Boston College History Professor, Heather Cox Richardson: Bill Moyers Discusses What Trump Will Do Next As Biden's Victory Drives Him "Barking Mad"
Lincoln's Observation On America's Suicide
Lincoln: Truth Is Everything
"The Decisive Distinction Between People Who Can Think And Those Who Can't"
"A Confession: I'm Starting To Write Off Stupid People As Incorrigible"
"Federalists And Anti-Federalists Explained" (History As It Should Be Taught: A Mother Lode Of Superb, Dialectical Discussion At FactMyth.com)
Hunter S. Thompson: Trusting Liberals Will Get Stomped To Shit If They Don't Realize That Most American Conservatives Will Do Any Goddamn Thing To Stomp Shit Out Of Them
Compendium Of Best Hannah Arendt Posts
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