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Nov. 30th, 2017 12:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Yes, this is us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth_politics
I feel like there's nothing I can do when popular rhetoric is dominated by demonstrable falsehoods whose promoters have no interest in truth. I increasingly feel like political action beyond voting is fruitless and the appropriate response is local activism and resistance.
And I don't know if I have the mental fortitude for that yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth_politics
I feel like there's nothing I can do when popular rhetoric is dominated by demonstrable falsehoods whose promoters have no interest in truth. I increasingly feel like political action beyond voting is fruitless and the appropriate response is local activism and resistance.
And I don't know if I have the mental fortitude for that yet.
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