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In reply to the discussion: ok, put in your guesses. what is the most likely *realistic* outcome of the mueller investigations? [View all]IamFortunesFool
(348 posts)We have enshrined and upheld the idea of "free speech" to such a point that it may ultimately be our downfall. I believe we are past the point of no return. The only way to properly address the sheer volume of misinformation, hate, and divisiveness that the RW media juggernaut poison us with is to censor them... the very antithesis of free speech.
The unfortunate fact is that there are just far too many uneducated, partially educated, or religiously (un)educated people in this country. An educated society, a culture that valued education and knowledge would never have elected Trump or even allowed him in the race for our highest and most important office.
We are what we eat, so to speak. This country has been bindge feeding on reality TV, consumptive economic excesses, and social media abstractions nonstop for nearly 20 years... and in the case of the economic consumptiveness, for far longer. How anyone is surprised that we're an illiterate and obese nation led by a deranged carnival barker only illustrates my point that we had this coming.
What really bothers me is imagining the world my two young daughters are coming of age in. They will have to either be revolutionaries, hounded by authorities, or they will be lost in the mindless meat grinder. Neither is a fate you wish on a child.