One of the things one notices when one takes a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are. They're completely irrelevant. They mean nothing.
In five years we won't even remember that we had them… and yet, at the same time, the undeniably big topics - the ones that will define our future - get virtually no discussion at all.
War, civil liberties, emerging science, demographic change, corporate power, natural resources. When was the last time you heard a legitimate debate about any of those issues?
Debates like that are not permitted in American media, both political parties, and their donors, have reached consensus on what benefits them - and they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it.
Suddenly the United States looks like a one-party state.
Our current orthodoxies won't last. They're brain-dead. Nobody actually believes them. Hardly anyone's life is improved by them. This moment is too inherently ridiculous to continue, and so it won't.
The people in charge know this, that's why they're hysterical and aggressive. They're afraid. They've given up persuasion - they're resorting to force.
But it won't work. When honest people say what's true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful. At the same time, the liars who've been trying to silence them shrink - and they become weaker. That's the iron-law of the universe; true things prevail.
Where can you still find Americans saying true things? There aren't many places left, but there are some - and that's enough.
As long as you can hear the words, there is hope.
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