Article explains that Trump’s lies are not just because he’s dumb, or a narcissist, but that it’s an intentional destruction of truth that is difficult to counter. It is done in conjunction with...
Article explains that Trump’s lies are not just because he’s dumb, or a narcissist, but that it’s an intentional destruction of truth that is difficult to counter. It is done in conjunction with removal of experts and others who would provide accurate information.
Can't get past the pay wall, but this has been pretty clear to me since "alternate facts" left the lips of that horrible woman. It does make one feel a bit nutty. I grew up drinking the koolaid on...
Can't get past the pay wall, but this has been pretty clear to me since "alternate facts" left the lips of that horrible woman.
It does make one feel a bit nutty. I grew up drinking the koolaid on freedom of the press, governmental checks and balances of power etc etc and I naively believed we kind of all agreed on that stuff. Turns out our racist underbelly overwhelms all of that.
Here is a tip on getting past the pay wall for The Atlantic and some other sites: Use Firefox, and install the plugin called "NoScript". This plugin disables all javascript by default on a web...
Here is a tip on getting past the pay wall for The Atlantic and some other sites: Use Firefox, and install the plugin called "NoScript". This plugin disables all javascript by default on a web page. The Atlantic uses javascript to block your browser from reading an article. NoScript also improves your security in general but it is a bit of a pain to whitelist the domains that you want to allow.
Here are the last 2 paragraphs of the article. The Lippmann referenced is Walter Lippmann
And once facts are discarded, anything can come in their place. Trump’s lack of accountability for his lies has expanded, in these early days of his second term, into a more comprehensive form of unchecked power. “The first time, I had two things to do—run the country and survive,” he told Parker and Scherer. “The second time, I run the country and the world.”
If Can he say that? was a broad theme of Trump’s first term, Can he do that? is the even graver theme of his second. The deportations. The tariffs. The dismantling of the civil service, of scientific research, of government records, of civil rights, of voting rights, of basic standards of due process: The president’s efforts to destabilize his own government from within—to defund agencies, to “purge” the civil service of people he views as insufficiently loyal—have not merely been escalations of the attempted power grabs he made in his first term. They have been direct assaults on the delicate balance of power: an executive laying siege to the legislative and judicial branches. Lippmann did not predict this turn of events, but he understood their consequences. Democracy, under the sway of lies, becomes a form of anarchy.
I've recommended this elsewhere on Tildes recently, but IMHO Bypass Paywalls Clean is the definitive solution to this (for Firefox or Chrome). With that installed I almost never encounter...
I've recommended this elsewhere on Tildes recently, but IMHO Bypass Paywalls Clean is the definitive solution to this (for Firefox or Chrome). With that installed I almost never encounter paywalls, on the Atlantic site or anywhere else. No need for manually tweaking NoScript or timing clicks of the refresh/stop buttons. It just works.
Besides that extension you mentioned, and the archive link that someone provided below, if you happen to be on another computer or browser other than your main one, or just can't be bothered to...
Here is a tip on getting past the pay wall for The Atlantic and some other sites
Besides that extension you mentioned, and the archive link that someone provided below, if you happen to be on another computer or browser other than your main one, or just can't be bothered to install anything else, often times just refreshing the page and then cancelling the refresh will do the same thing (prevent the page from blocking your browser). Like it literally takes two mouse clicks. Just click the refresh button, and then half a second later click the X that appears on that same button (before the page fully refreshes). Might take two or three tries to get the timing right, but works on a lot of websites and paywalls/adblocks.
Article explains that Trump’s lies are not just because he’s dumb, or a narcissist, but that it’s an intentional destruction of truth that is difficult to counter. It is done in conjunction with removal of experts and others who would provide accurate information.
Can't get past the pay wall, but this has been pretty clear to me since "alternate facts" left the lips of that horrible woman.
It does make one feel a bit nutty. I grew up drinking the koolaid on freedom of the press, governmental checks and balances of power etc etc and I naively believed we kind of all agreed on that stuff. Turns out our racist underbelly overwhelms all of that.
Here is a tip on getting past the pay wall for The Atlantic and some other sites: Use Firefox, and install the plugin called "NoScript". This plugin disables all javascript by default on a web page. The Atlantic uses javascript to block your browser from reading an article. NoScript also improves your security in general but it is a bit of a pain to whitelist the domains that you want to allow.
Here are the last 2 paragraphs of the article. The Lippmann referenced is Walter Lippmann
I've recommended this elsewhere on Tildes recently, but IMHO Bypass Paywalls Clean is the definitive solution to this (for Firefox or Chrome). With that installed I almost never encounter paywalls, on the Atlantic site or anywhere else. No need for manually tweaking NoScript or timing clicks of the refresh/stop buttons. It just works.
Besides that extension you mentioned, and the archive link that someone provided below, if you happen to be on another computer or browser other than your main one, or just can't be bothered to install anything else, often times just refreshing the page and then cancelling the refresh will do the same thing (prevent the page from blocking your browser). Like it literally takes two mouse clicks. Just click the refresh button, and then half a second later click the X that appears on that same button (before the page fully refreshes). Might take two or three tries to get the timing right, but works on a lot of websites and paywalls/adblocks.
https://archive.is/ZYGuO