They meme’d Trump into the White House. How was that possible? How did We The People of the United States allow such a recognized lowlife self-serving deadbeat and showman to be handed the Presidency of this nation?
Well, it started with allowing the US House of Representative to be packed with a bunch of angry scared Tea-partiers with their open contempt for our American government. They have had one thing in mind, that is to weaken our government to the point that it's easy pickings for the oligarch wannabes such as the Kochs and Murdochs and Ailes (who masterminded the past decades of descent into an alternate reality that dismisses physical reality with a self-certain arrogant contempt that beats all.)
A healthy democracy depends on an informed and engaged citizenry. Here I share a series of stories that look at one of the reasons we got here. This threat needs to be recognized and understood - if we are to try and seriously confront it. Confront it with what? With a renewed demand that honesty, truth, ethics do matter to a civil society and our future. I include excerpts from:
Greg Epstein, TechCrunch.com
Interview with Terry Gross, Fresh Air
Kara Swisher Book Review, New York Times
Brian Feldman, New York Magazine
Kathrine Schwab, FastCompany
Strand Book Store | YouTube Video
The Book:
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Annie Karni, Kevin Roose and Katie Rogers, New York Times
Drew Harwell, Tony Romm, Washington Post
Yuliya Talmazan and Monica Alba, NBC News
Charlie Warzel, New York Times
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