The real problem in U.S. politics is that people have become so personally invested in their own versions of reality that they cannot even consider a dissenting viewpoint, no matter how factually accurate or logical it may be. For example, people who self-isolated for two years during the Covid panic have a psychological need to justify that sacrifice by clinging to a belief that it was necessary and good for society. To even consider, in retrospect, that it might not have been necessary or good for society would cause them feelings of insecurity and self-loathing that would be harmful to their identities and self-worth. As a result they must not only shut out such questions from their own cognitive awareness, but prevent them from even entering the realm of public debate.
This stifling of ideas harken back to dismal times when the sword was indeed mightier than the pen. Are we returning to another Dark Age of Unenlightenment?
This stifling of ideas harken back to dismal times when the sword was indeed mightier than the pen. Are we returning to another Dark Age of Unenlightenment?
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