Our mistake was to think we lived in a better country than we do | Rebecca Solnit
Briefly

"Our mistake was to think we lived in a better country than we do. We misjudged the balance of idealism and pragmatism in the Kamala Harris campaign against the tide of lies and resentment."
"The principal problems that got us to this bleakest moment in American history are intertwined: the crisis of masculinity, the failure of the news media, and the rise of Silicon Valley."
"A democracy requires an informed citizenry, and the US media has largely created an increasingly misinformed citizenry. When genuine issues are overshadowed by sensationalist concerns, it amounts to a media failure."
"When it came to Donald Trump, the media went easy on him, repeatedly allowing him and the far right to set the agenda and framing asymmetrical issues as though they were merely polarized viewpoints."
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