George MonbiotThe more I think about it, the more I reckon the 2003 Iraq War began the process that let Trump win. The blatant lies we were told by our governments, the disregard for public opinion and mockery of international law created a rupture that never healed. Trust, consent and cohesion were smashed.🧵 1/3
Yes, things were rotten before. But it was such a breathtaking breach of trust and display of impunity that it broke something subtle but crucial: a belief that, for all their faults, our societies are broadly democratic. The breach has only widened since. As trust collapses, demagogues prosper. 2/3
Stephen Elliott~BuckleyYes, broadly democratic, with asterisks for 19c, 20c and 21c imperialist machines like england
...and the usa, and genocidal, colonial failed states like the c/a/n/a/d/a project.
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