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The warping of shared reality leads a man with an AR-15 rifle to invade a pizza shop. It brings online forums into being where people colorfully imagine the assassination of a former secretary of state. It offers the promise of a Great Awakening, in which the elites will be routed and the truth will be revealed. It causes chat sites to come alive w
... See moretheatlantic.com • The Prophecies of Q
The removal of economic security for working people dissolves those boundaries—eight
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
These incidents of “political correctness,” amplified by right-wing media, whipped up hatred of elites out in Real America. The culture wars raged on, as bloody-minded and durable as the Thirty Years’ War, a full-employment program for pundits of every type. Some worried about a generation of ultra-sensitive children coddled by ultra-indulgent adul
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
In his book Collapse, economist Jared Diamond lists five factors that can lead to social decay, including a failure to understand and to prevent causes of environmental damage; climate change; depredations by hostile neighbors; the inability of friendly neighbors to continue trade; and finally, how the society itself deals with the problems raised
... See moreChris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Ava Kofman • Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
