It's not that we don't see it; it's that we have clear incentives to pretend or to convince ourselves we don't see it. Like how every damn Republican with any brains could see that Trump's call with Zelensky was far from "perfect". In fact they all knew exactly what Trump was doing and rationalized it at Trump's insistence.
It's not that we don't see it; it's that we have clear incentives to pretend or to convince ourselves we don't see it. Like how every damn Republican with any brains could see that Trump's call with Zelensky was far from "perfect". In fact they all knew exactly what Trump was doing and rationalized it at Trump's insistence.
Or how, once upon a time, almost every Republican, save for a handful of regressives eyeing a sleeper stock, like Jeff Sessions and Jim Jordan, saw Trump for exactly what he was - unfit for office. And despite the fact that he in no way turned out to be any better than people expected (and in most respects far worse), almost all of them ended up warming up to him anyway out of political necessity - or cowardice, depending on how gracious you want to be. The people who resigned from the administration on Jan 6th or 7th weren't getting their first glimpse of "bad Trump". They had been biting their tongue and pretending the whole time - maybe even fooling themselves much of the way.
It's not that we don't see it; it's that we have clear incentives to pretend or to convince ourselves we don't see it. Like how every damn Republican with any brains could see that Trump's call with Zelensky was far from "perfect". In fact they all knew exactly what Trump was doing and rationalized it at Trump's insistence.
Or how, once upon a time, almost every Republican, save for a handful of regressives eyeing a sleeper stock, like Jeff Sessions and Jim Jordan, saw Trump for exactly what he was - unfit for office. And despite the fact that he in no way turned out to be any better than people expected (and in most respects far worse), almost all of them ended up warming up to him anyway out of political necessity - or cowardice, depending on how gracious you want to be. The people who resigned from the administration on Jan 6th or 7th weren't getting their first glimpse of "bad Trump". They had been biting their tongue and pretending the whole time - maybe even fooling themselves much of the way.