Under Trump, life is going to get shorter and more painful. Liberals must explain what happened

[Nevilledog]

https://www.editorialboard.com/under-trump-life-is-going-to-get-shorter-and-more-painful-liberals-must-explain-what-happened/

Under Donald Trump, the federal government is not going to be doing a lot of things it used to do, and the question is going to be: Will American realize just how much they have been taking for granted?

I’m not sure, but if there is a bright side, it might be that more Americans take an interest in what they used to have, in the beforetimes, and with that knowledge, work to bring it back. The safety net is about more than Social Security and Medicare. It’s an expression of our values, especially how we treat these least among us.

Whatever happens, it will boil down to education, according to Lindsay Beyerstein, journalist and frequent contributor to the Editorial Board. “The critical thing is to keep educating people about everything we’re losing. If they don’t understand now, they won’t spontaneously figure it out when life gets shorter and more painful in a million ways.”

Lindsay is working on a new book. It’s called Against the Light: The Deep State from the Illuminati to QAnon. She says “it tells the story of how conspiracy theories came to dominate conservative politics.”

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Exactly. Appeal to maga emotions since they are stocked up with factoid talking points to counter facts. . . nt

[Silent Type]

2. Totally agree, but unless we can whittle it down to a few words, splaining doesn't work. trump is a master

at it putting things in a few words (though, often moronic words), and we are left with needing a few paragraphs and several minutes to rebut the MFers.

[hlthe2b]

3. So, I guess we all save our last $20 to buy the book that describes our downfall?

'Sorry to be so negative (and I'm sure there is an audience somewhere that needs this), but... we are all living this, all are seeing this happen.. all seeking the best way to fight back, not explore our downfall that we so all to clearly ahead of us.