One of the worst fallouts from the pandemic and the Trump presidency is the autocratic power that has been seized by a relatively small group who share a lot o

One of the worst fallouts from the pandemic and the Trump presidency is the autocratic power that has been seized by a relatively small group who share a lot of the same political views to be the judge and jury on what is true. It has grown from early mild assertion into a politically grounded smug movement who loves calling out, cancelling, and mocking those who dont share their world view. All if that is more or less what you can except for any politically fraction to seize on. Churches, Guilds whatever is an entity seeking to control speech The real terror is in the fact that a large part of the population do not only tolerate it, but to some extent reinforces it and welcomes it. In times when society is going through something dramatic and frighting demagogs pop out of their caverns and hope to become the prophet. For a fraction to decide and dictate to all what is truth may perhaps start benign but it will metastasize and corrupt into a autocratic demand for the population to conform unquestionably to the prescribed dogma. This is never healthy for society, and the longer it is allowed to grow. It will grow. This type of dictatorial power does not reach a steady state, it grows into every crevice of society. The conflict that arises from society ridding itself of it can become something similar to a civil war. In the US today there are two (major) fractions that claim to hold the truth. If you do not adhere fully with one side, you will be labelled as a traitor and belonging to the other side. This again creates an Overton window where the public is led to believe that these two views are the only views that exist. Black and white. Your sports team vs mine. etc. This has to stop and the only ones who can stop it are the people. Thankfully we do not have to live our lives with a radio that has only one channel (or in this case perhaps two) We dont have to give our adherence to one or the other. We can make the choice to ignore them.