As a political consultant once described it, it’s like bringing a library book to a gunfight. We’ve gone through a phase change. Shopping around for the right set of facts is what lawyers do and what political actors have done for a long time. But this is different. Now we’re seeing people embrace specific sets non-facts as expressions of personal political identity.
Democracy is pretty cool. We should try it some time. Voting rights, science policy, political communication and grassroots activism.
One of the most common myths I encounter from progressives is that voters just don’t have the facts and if they only did, they’d obviously vote differently. The internet is littered with websites, apps, and other attempts to fact-check and offer policy pos…
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Democracy is pretty cool. We should try it some time. Voting rights, science policy, political communication and grassroots activism.
