Wow, Tim, you hit it out of the park once again. I subscribe to The Atlantic, but have never registered Derek's name.
This was one of those - but certainly not the first - Bulwark productions which gave me the visceral sensation of my brain stretching in attempts to adequately comprehend all that was being said. Love it!
Wow, Tim, you hit it out of the park once again. I subscribe to The Atlantic, but have never registered Derek's name.
This was one of those - but certainly not the first - Bulwark productions which gave me the visceral sensation of my brain stretching in attempts to adequately comprehend all that was being said. Love it!
As for the negativity among Americans, I've said for many years and I'll say it again: the right-wing propaganda machine - primarily Fox - is largely responsible (altho I don't discount Rush Limbaugh, etc.) The first time I ever saw Fox Not News was in my parents' family room, when I walked in as my father was watching. My mouth literally fell open in shock and horror at the inciteful (NOT "insightful"!) rhetoric, chyrons, lies, etc.
I believe that Fox by far was most responsible for turning my father - and the rest of my family, who followed him - from someone who held multiple non-partisan elected offices, and was head of the Dem party in my home co. decades ago, PLUS worked in law enforcement for years, to someone who refuses to acknowledge that Biden won in 2020 - and everything that goes along w/ that mindset.
Fellow Atlantic subscriber here. I highly recommend reading any article you see with Derek Thompson’s name on it. He’s always really insightful, and never “inciteful”. He never really bothers with the headlines of the day, and instead does think pieces on larger trends, like a sociologist. Cheers.
Wow, Tim, you hit it out of the park once again. I subscribe to The Atlantic, but have never registered Derek's name.
This was one of those - but certainly not the first - Bulwark productions which gave me the visceral sensation of my brain stretching in attempts to adequately comprehend all that was being said. Love it!
As for the negativity among Americans, I've said for many years and I'll say it again: the right-wing propaganda machine - primarily Fox - is largely responsible (altho I don't discount Rush Limbaugh, etc.) The first time I ever saw Fox Not News was in my parents' family room, when I walked in as my father was watching. My mouth literally fell open in shock and horror at the inciteful (NOT "insightful"!) rhetoric, chyrons, lies, etc.
I believe that Fox by far was most responsible for turning my father - and the rest of my family, who followed him - from someone who held multiple non-partisan elected offices, and was head of the Dem party in my home co. decades ago, PLUS worked in law enforcement for years, to someone who refuses to acknowledge that Biden won in 2020 - and everything that goes along w/ that mindset.
Fellow Atlantic subscriber here. I highly recommend reading any article you see with Derek Thompson’s name on it. He’s always really insightful, and never “inciteful”. He never really bothers with the headlines of the day, and instead does think pieces on larger trends, like a sociologist. Cheers.