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Yet Another Major Russia Story Falls Apart. Is Skepticism Permissible Yet?
Now we have the "Russia-hacked-the-voting-systems-of-21-states" to add to this trash heap of debunked official claims. Is this a healthy climate?
Continue Reading https://theintercept.com
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Nothing about current American politics is healthy. You have an insane party led by an unstable narcissist, and a delusional party on a mission to prove to themselves that they didn't fuck up the whole election process, and willing to blame anyone but themselves. Plus both parties are owned by corporations and have zero integrity. And you have a public who's getting increasingly polarized and unwilling to have any sort of civilized discussion to resolve their differences. Instead they sit in echo chambers powered by social media and reinforce their delusions. This is how a society falls apart.
You hit the nail on the head. This will be a slow and painful process with many victims. I'm not even sure it's reversible at this point.
Scepticism doesn't cause the outrage that brings ratings or donor dollars.
(I tweeted him about a typo in this article yesterday and I notice it was fixed)