BTRTN: What Do We Do When What Divides Us Is Actually Bigger than What Unites Us?
Born To Run The Numbers challenges the age-old premise that recurs in many versions and phrasings throughout U.S. history... "what unites us is bigger than what divides us." There is something bigger: objective reality.
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2020/06/btrtn-what-do-we-do-when-what-divides.html
Excerpts: "Imagine that 66 million years ago, some big orange dinosaur told the other prehistoric creatures about his 'hunch' that the damage caused by the rapidly approaching asteroid would be limited to 'about 15 brontosauruses,' and that the effect of the asteroid’s impact would 'magically disappear by April.' The opinion of the orange dinosaur did not have much effect on physics, math, mass, velocity, and biology. Just ask all the dinosaurs in your neighborhood...
"The alternate reality created by Fox News, social media, and Trump has achieved a critical mass among such a significant percentage of the population that the alternative reality has achieved its own reality. It is now a fully closed loop that has a big enough media presence and a sizable enough audience that it takes whatever it needs from the host organism without worry that it can be excised. It has metastasized to the point where we, as a nation, can no longer cut out the cancer. It is beyond curing. We are a patient struggling to control a chronic illness, and the more it grows, the more it is likely to kill us...
"Powell choose to characterize his disdain for Trump on the exact issue of the 'alternate reality.' In his recent CNN interview, Powell said 'I think he has not been an effective president. He lies all the time. He began lying the day of inauguration, when we got into an argument about the size of the crowd that was there. People are writing books about this favorite thing of lying. And I don't think that's in our interest...'
"In just 146 days, we have the chance to rescue our nation.."
