Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
Post-truth politics closes the circle in on itself, so that all contrary evidence is by its nature to be dismissed. Nothing from the outside is admissible.
That reminds me of some discussions I recently broke off with our resident alt right representative.
It seems to me that the entire "western world" is currently seeing a rise in extremism of all kinds.
While I and other lefties long for communism without wanting to admit it... I mean, while I want social justice, others want a Hitler to lead them to the promised land while they try to bend their demands so that it looks like they don't want a Hitler because they can't even justify to themselves that they long for a Hitler.

The only conclusion can be that humanity triggered its own self destruction.