I noted the following passage > …the “temporary alliance between the mob and the elite” and that is the willingness of these elites to lie their way into obtai

I noted the following passage > …the “temporary alliance between the mob and the elite” and that is the willingness of these elites to lie their way into obtaining and retaining power through “the possibility that gigantic lies and monstrous falsehoods can eventually be established as unquestioned facts.” and also noted the glaring omission of the honourable messers Trump and Johnson, two of the most successful and prolific charlatans of our time. Up until that point I was quite engaged with the article, but I found quite telling the complete lack of discussion of the world of post-truth politics and how two extremely patrician men managed to mobilize the common people to act against their interests by just lying through their teeth, viz election fraud and saving £350M per week for the NHS.