Post-truth Politics

A form of democracy where politicians set their platforms according to what the lowest common denominator thinks and then half-truth their way into power

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Trump was asked if there were any limits on his global powers. “Yeah, there is one thing,” Trump said. “My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”

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It has been clear for a long time that President Trump is a person with a disorganized mind and a disordered personality. https://t.co/WkXJRSR6XB

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"For a decade, he has been the overwhelmingly dominant figure in American life, and he has reshaped how hundreds of millions of Americans—including the great majority of Republicans and evangelical Christians—think about right and wrong, good and evil, justice and injustice."

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Trump was asked if there were any limits on his global powers. “Yeah, there is one thing,” Trump said. “My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”

https://t.co/uqSSFVKejC

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"The second reason Trump’s statement is worrisome is that he has changed the United States in fundamental ways. He has not only pried America apart from its ideals; he has inverted them."

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“If there’s no shared sense of reality, we can’t collectively make decisions. So the only decision maker will be the disrupter in chief.” #AlternativeReality

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“If you’re constantly contradicting yourself you’re constantly lying.” https://t.co/FJIdQa7ONP #LiarInChief

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But experts say the dissonance can become dangerous. “Once you undermine consistency, the shared sense of reality, you’re undermining the basis of democracy,” said Jason Stanley, a Yale professor who has written books about propaganda and the erasure of history. #CaptainChaos

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Instead, he’s taking us on the Peronist path where power politics matters more than good policy. As Argentina teaches us, 100 years of misery could follow if the rule of law is replaced by the rule of one.

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For America, acting Argentine is not a good look. Argentina is a failing country that is just now turning the corner after carrying out painful reforms. https://t.co/s0ClWaBEU2

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If Trump were a true reformer, he would have presented specific budget goals, put seasoned technocrats in leading positions and focused on providing value-added technical innovation.