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In reply to the discussion: A lot of people are in denial about the Mueller investigation. [View all]VOX
(22,976 posts)Even when they hold all the marbles (Executive branch, Senate, Congress, SCOTUS, + 32 states top-to-bottom), they fight as if theyre cornered. For them, each new day means another pitched battle against rational thought, measurable reality, scientific thought, peer-reviewed data, and documented facts, both current and historical.
Their enemies are the perfect bogeymen: they dont exist, but they function as go-to magical-hate objects: a fever-dream Deep State, run by Obama and George Soros, and Hillary Clinton, who (in their false narrative) is the worst criminal ever to walk the planet. This toxic false stew is pushed daily for hours on end without a single word of opposition, via the usual mechanisms: hate radio, dedicated state TV on Fox Entertainment, and on sites like the Mercer-funded Breitbart.
Its tantamount to a cult: #45 is a misunderstood genius, firebrand patriot and persecuted savior. They finally have a voice, which claims that THEY are under attack and in trouble, but NOT by their own corruption, incompetence or some complicated Russian malfeasance. Their paranoia, fear and rage has been deftly redirected onto their political enemies, who they wish to harass and blame long after theyve retired from public service.
As time passes, the countrys division is cut sharper, wider and deeper. There truly are two Americas now, each with its own politically-based reality, attitude, perception, tastes and media/product consumption.