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The Disinformation Industrial Complex 0

At the Las Vegas Sun, Mary Blankenship looks at how our polity has become flooded with lies and falsehoods; she points out that

When false narratives become our identity and reality the problem immediately evolves into a tragedy.

Follow the link for her reasoning.

And, in a similar vein, Robert Jay Lifton looks at a recent book about Timothy McVeigh and explores the influences that led him to violence.

Given the state of dis coarse discourse, both pieces are worth your while.

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