An observation: obtuseness/resistance, as described, afflicts EVERYONE, not just "some people."
Civilization depends for its current existence on commonly held delusions. For example, the perception that humans are doing more good than harm. We can see, e.g., by looking at the world's oceans (or insect counts, or...), that our collective impact (which can be broken down into a plethora of inconvenient facts) is exponentially catastrophic. In order to maintain our faith in human exceptionalism and personal virtue, across the political spectrum, many, many facts are denied, rebuffed, ignored.
It's annoying that liberals, progressives, radicals, will watch a cartoon like this one and think it's a description of those Trumpians, aka, some people, and not themselves. But I do tend to think that's how it will be "read."
Or it's not actually a fact.
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ReplyDeleteAn observation: obtuseness/resistance, as described, afflicts EVERYONE, not just "some people."
Civilization depends for its current existence on commonly held delusions. For example, the perception that humans are doing more good than harm. We can see, e.g., by looking at the world's oceans (or insect counts, or...), that our collective impact (which can be broken down into a plethora of inconvenient facts) is exponentially catastrophic. In order to maintain our faith in human exceptionalism and personal virtue, across the political spectrum, many, many facts are denied, rebuffed, ignored.
It's annoying that liberals, progressives, radicals, will watch a cartoon like this one and think it's a description of those Trumpians, aka, some people, and not themselves. But I do tend to think that's how it will be "read."