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Humans automatically normalize every situation and adapt to new group norms. As the USA enters its penultimate phase of terminal decline it's inevitable that far-right populist causes triumph while the left focuses on tearing itself apart over inane pseudo-causes such as the use of pronouns and ever-more-obscure edge-cases. People will simply forget the Rittenhouse case by next week because there will be a new action-hero movie, a new Netflix must-watch series, and some new scandal eagerly embraced by the mass media in its endless quest for sensationalism. And so the ratchet toward neofascism inexorably progresses. With a 6:3 far-right majority on the Supreme Court, at least the coming neofascism will be perfectly legal... And doubtless Rittenhouse will secure a seat in the House as a great example of what today's Republican Party has become.

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Allan Milne Lees
Allan Milne Lees

Written by Allan Milne Lees

Anyone who enjoys my articles here on Medium may be interested in my books Why Democracy Failed and The Praying Ape, both available from Amazon.

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