by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I hate to admit it, but I’ve become one of those people. A person who doesn’t challenge myself by interacting with content with people I don’t agree with, but, rather interact with content with people who I agree with in general, but they’re more extreme than I am.
This is bad because I’m turning to my own echo chamber for provocative ideas rather than doing the democratic thing by engaging with people I don’t agree with. I’ve always hated it when someone does that, but I can’t help myself. The reason why this has happened is I just don’t believe any of the arguments of the MAGA New Right are being articulated in good faith.
The MAGA New Right, at its heart, is based on a racist, misogynistic lie.
I just don’t want to interact with such bullshit unless I’m drunk off of rye and can blunt my rage at how idiotic their augments are. So, if I want to challenge myself I turn to a feminist thinker or a notable African American thinker who has a radical agenda that I just want to learn more about.
This is not a way to have a functioning democracy.
The politics of a liberal democracy requires that the center-Left and the center-Right at least attempt to talk to each other, instead of past each other. This one of the macro problems that the country faces at the moment.
I just don’t have any ready answers as to how to fix any of this. This is an example of the macro trends that are all coming to a head in the 2024 – 2025 timeframe.
When you have one party, the Republican Party, that no longer believes in the democratic process and sees it only as means to the end of gaining and keeping power, you have a recipe for disaster.
