alt Hacker NewsI don't understand how, given bullshitting the public about Making America Great Again has been the norm since Reagan, Americans are still so surprised to find ...oops it was all lies for votes!
Academics like Zinn and Chomsky, popular music, movies, TV have been calling out the lies for decades.
Americans are that fucking dumb, I guess.
People don't know anything about anything, generally. Any sort of political discussion is incredibly frustrating because there's no agreement on very basic facts. We can't even get to the point where we discuss our values or what we think are the best ways to achieve those values, because we can't even agree on basic things like whether vaccines save lives or which places are wealthier.
Just look at all the nonsense around tariffs. This was a huge thing with this admin, and people generally don't know what they are!