No matter which faction of the current shrill, political spectrum you lean toward, or get your gripes validated from, you can rest assured – You are the target consumer. The currency being traded, from the White House to the most liberal enclaves, is rage. Decency and grace have evaporated.
The over-fed and under-read peddle unhappiness as an overdue reckoning of old-fashioned populism, while so-called elites blame the messengers, ignoring the fact that their arrogance and political correctness helped create the current climate. Together, they have melded into a toxic hydra of lies, deception, bullying, greed and general creepiness.
Certain administrations, politicians, and cringe-worthy followers have no interest in watching things get better, only in watching them burn.
1600 takes pathological glee in watching the so-called enlightened panel rage nightly on CNN, demanding a code of ethics and behavior that seems more arcane by the minute, while over on Fox, a red stable of tone-deaf and misleading AI’s trip over themselves to justify false narratives, corruption and bad behavior.
All sides enable one another. Enemies, along with endless whining heads, make for excellent ratings. It’s a pandering, monotonous cycle designed to enforce ideals of hatred. Sadly it works, because most want to be told what to believe as well as handed a tangible enemy on which to focus insecurities and short comings.
It’s just easier that way, and Americans have gotten far too comfortable with easy.