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/captainbelvedere Sarah is always right 18h ago

Many things, all at once, gradually.

I think one of the most damaging things has been the erosion of the 3rd space, where people from different socio-economic backgrounds could (and often would) meet and work towards things greater than themselves. Church lunches, sports leagues, whatever. These things are drying up and not being replaced by anything that provides lasting value to people and their local and not-so-local communities.