• lennybird@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Citizens United spelled the final nail in the coffin.

    It should come as no surprise that with the

    • Decentralization of media,
    • The massive rise in wealth inequality and number of billionaires,
    • Deregulation of money as speech,
    • And foreign interference from Russia, Israel, China, etc. muddying the waters…

    … And finally, combined with

    • Eroding education standards
    • Distancing of parents from their children
    • Widespread mental disorders and substance addiction and sometimes literal brain damage (lead poisoning, head trauma from football, etc.)

    … That intellectualism is losing the race. These people live in completely alternate realities. Principals of religious faith have now fully been incorporated into political ideology. Once untethered from reason, it’s all about what you want to believe.