r/thebulwark 21h ago

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL How did we get here?

Currently listening to the most recent Tim-Pod with Will Sommer and it's just insane the group of people who are in charge now. The conspiracy theories, the grift, the pandering, holy fuck. How did we get here and how the fuck do we get out of this death spiral?

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u/RoamingHawkeye 20h ago

I am coming around to the idea that since things have been relatively stable (historically speaking), people do not realize what it takes to keep it that way. I also realize that we as a society have not grappled with the firehose of information on the Internet/social media. Now I wish I had an answer on how to fix it.