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The Era Of Anti-Reality Is Only Just Beginning
Donald Trump and his supporters are in the process of contesting a decided election. Trump lost to Joe Biden, and will be removed from office on January 20. But the fact that he lost does not apparently apply to these people. Trump will cry voter fraud until the day he dies, and some 40 percent of the country will stand behind him. It is a sad state of affairs.
We knew it would go down like this. Trump has been preparing for months and years for this moment, and millions of people have been bamboozled enough to believe every word he says. His supporters either don’t know or don’t care that Trump is doing this purely for his own benefit. He is contesting the results because he is a sore loser and he cannot comprehend the idea of not winning. This is, of course, childish behavior. His supporters have not registered it.
At no point will this cult of Trumpism disappear; it is entrenched too deeply, and will only take up future right-wing causes as new supposed saviors arise. The base of this Trumpian political approach is that nothing can affect supporters’ beliefs on anything. Anyone who is opposed to Trump is part of some vast network of people who aim to take down the glorious president.
Anti-reality is a political position now. Trump supporters believe that: voter fraud is rampant; masks and lockdowns are…