In today’s #MitchellMinute I am more alliterative than usual and use the phrase “pundits who piously pontificate about polarization.” https://youtu.be/qnCVNZagicY
@LincolnMitchell I'd like to think that my Hungarian born mother who survived the Holocaust and the possibly even worse Communist occupation of Hungary is turning over in her grave right now. But this is the most perplexing thing: she probably would have supported Trump if she were still alive at 82. The horrors of human nature and authoritarianism were on full display in the 20th century but for those of us born in the US after WWII, fascism could only be studied from a distance.
@LincolnMitchell how do we begin to deprogram 70M+ people while simultaneously shoring up democratic institutions? It took the Marshall plan and the other great powers to help Germany reinstitute democratic norms after the war. Short of civil war, I don't see it happening within a generation. Our adversaries no longer need to actively engage in disinfo campaigns. They just need to nudge the MAGA cult in the right direction.