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More and more people are tuning the news out: 'Now I don't have that anxiety

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126 points giuliomagnifico | 1 comments | 07 Sep 25 12:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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hnhg ◴[07 Sep 25 13:59 UTC] No.45158208[source]▶
I believe Hannah Arendt made the point that politicians lie not so much as to get away with the issue at hand but rather as a long term strategy to nullify any interest in politics overall in order to get away with absolute everything on their agenda. This might be the most recent iteration of this, aided by an often complicit media.
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1. chneu ◴[07 Sep 25 15:43 UTC] No.45159176[source]▶
Firehouse of falsehoods.

If everything is a lie then nothing can be true. It destroys the requirement to tell the truth, because everyone is lying.