Eventually, many Trump supporters will come to realize that the meme at left is a hoax, that their leader fell for it, and spread it to countless people.  But it would be interesting to know how many care.

We live in a post-truth society, where the fact that something is simply invented out of thin air means little if anything.   In fact, if you’ve ever listened to Trump give a speech, you’ve seen that most of what see says is clearly false.

Trump and Our Post-Truth Nation

Until recently, we assumed that most Americans had the aspirations that were prevalent when we were young: get a good education and continue to learn until the day you die.  Live a life of honesty, fairness, intelligence, and compassion.  Perhaps, pick role model who exemplifies what you think of good human being, and emulate their thinking and behavior.

As we watch and listen to Trump supporters, we’re learning something tragic: a huge swath of the American population has no interest in any of this; in fact, they could call it “woke crap.”

Some say that the reason we have Trump in the White House has little to do with characteristics of Trump himself, but rather with those of the 77 million people who voted for him.

Socrates: Citizen of the World

In case you’re wondering about it, it won’t be Trump or JD Vance, or any of the congressional Republicans who carts you away.  As suggested at left, it will be some rando who used to pump your gas or your weigh your broccoli at the grocery store.

As we have seen in all fascist regimes, it’s not the schoolteachers or veterinarians or philosophers or cardiologists who round up “undesirables” and send them away to their deaths.

Not a bad reason to support public education.

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