The latter half of the 20th century tells us that this kind of, yeah, loser rhetoric doesn't work well in Western democracies. But I can't think of many instances where it has become this entrenched. Which isn't to say that I think civil war is actually coming — I don't think it is! But I don't think we know what comes next. Having peopl…
The latter half of the 20th century tells us that this kind of, yeah, loser rhetoric doesn't work well in Western democracies. But I can't think of many instances where it has become this entrenched. Which isn't to say that I think civil war is actually coming — I don't think it is! But I don't think we know what comes next. Having people believe that the unimaginable is, actually, possible — and likely — is a very strange thing that can produce some unexpected results.
The latter half of the 20th century tells us that this kind of, yeah, loser rhetoric doesn't work well in Western democracies. But I can't think of many instances where it has become this entrenched. Which isn't to say that I think civil war is actually coming — I don't think it is! But I don't think we know what comes next. Having people believe that the unimaginable is, actually, possible — and likely — is a very strange thing that can produce some unexpected results.