Reactionaries actually have sort of a program. Trump leans more towards hucksterism-for-its-own-sake. He's brilliant at that but I'm not sure that's right for p

Reactionaries actually have sort of a program. Trump leans more towards hucksterism-for-its-own-sake. He's brilliant at that but I'm not sure that's right for politics per se. Hucksterism works better when you can fold your tent and move on. Professor Harold Hill hadda leave town for it to truly work. I don't think he's dishonest about it. There's just in general copious amounts of what they used to call "free-floating anxiety" and somebody's gotta exploit it. I think he's sincerely trying to help. I would hate to be him if he ever figures out this won't work. The problem is media in general, and media in general is not incented to report widely on the problems of media in general. I suppose it would be considered too frivolous, but I think teaching some entry-level media criticism skill to, say, junior high kids would go a long way towards making this less of a thing. I at least tried to make sure my kids knew this and had basic algebra skills with an eye towards being able to enforce some degree of rigor. I'm happy with the results, but it really confused them while I was telling them this. At one point, I'd have said Canada does not have this problem but since then, it's started.