Triumph of the Cynics
www.theatlantic.com
Is it possible to resensitize an electorate to scandal and cruelty?
  • Aielman15@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Watergate was such a big scandal that Nixon gave up before the impeachment procedure had even began, and it left such a big mark that we still talk about it so many decades later.

    Trump was involved in many, many more scandals of far greater magnitude, and yet he won the majority of votes.

    What the fuck happened during the last 50 years?

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Um, the scandals only stick to one side. If Biden or Clinton properly label the base of the Republicon party, the tone police never stop the pearl-clutching.

    But Republicans can literally do anything, up to and including a coup attempt and it’s NBD.

  • ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pub
    0·
    2 months ago

    I respect the Atlantic and they do a lot of good work but I kind of feel like the answer to that is a little bit obvious. Like someone else said, the scandals only stick to one side.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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      2 months ago

      Part of that might be a result of much of the population not being tuned in to factual media. The right-wing outlets do a cover-for-30-seconds approach to any bad thing Trump does.