Politicians and Truth
Regarding the meme here, a reader notes: Politicians have done this for 100 years. And have been completely wrong.I respond: I believe that, until fairly recently, politicians were more or less constrained by facts. Eisenhower didn’t try to tell Americans that 2+2=5. Now, all bets are off. Climate change is a hoax, Democrats want open borders. Covid vaccines kill more people than the disease.
It really doesn’t matter how totally stupid the claim. There is a market demand for stupidity, and there are plenty of politicians champing at the bit to supply this market with what it demands.
