Just listened to a podcast that offered the painful reminder of how much 9/11 set into motion, with Alex Jones *on that day* declaring it an inside job and surging in fan base overnight.

A Certain Political Figure makes it easy to concentrate our democratic frustration, but even when he's finally out, there'll still be a whole underbelly of politicians who used him to pursue their own power, and everyday citizens *desperate* to embrace the next infotainment act that gives them license to hate.