The erosion of reputation under people like Cheney laid the ground for the current administration's total ease with lying. It will take a person of real susbtance to be able to reverse what we have all now come to expect. Maybe Liz will have a hand in that process.
Well put, Alex. When an entire nation goes sideways in its historic reputation, it sets the table for a changed menu. Today's disaster is the awakening of a complicit citizenry, who went along with tech barons taking control of our physical and philosophical lives. Perhaps that's the 'call to dinner.' One would hope so...
The reputaton piece resonates. It's easy to forget how much institutional trust was burned during that era. Your father's framing about arguing policy vs questioning integrity feels relevent today too.
Appreciated...
The erosion of reputation under people like Cheney laid the ground for the current administration's total ease with lying. It will take a person of real susbtance to be able to reverse what we have all now come to expect. Maybe Liz will have a hand in that process.
Well put, Alex. When an entire nation goes sideways in its historic reputation, it sets the table for a changed menu. Today's disaster is the awakening of a complicit citizenry, who went along with tech barons taking control of our physical and philosophical lives. Perhaps that's the 'call to dinner.' One would hope so...
The reputaton piece resonates. It's easy to forget how much institutional trust was burned during that era. Your father's framing about arguing policy vs questioning integrity feels relevent today too.