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Three-panel meme showing a man in military fatigues speaking in a forest setting. In the first panel, he says “The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it…” In the second panel, he continues “…and that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine.” In the third panel, he concludes “It’s easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than it is behind a single incident.”
Remember teapot-dome?
Subprime mortgages?
9/11?
President getting his dick sucked by his secretary?
They stood out in the narrative. They were specific things you could dig into, dissect, promise “never again” and have it feel substantial even if you didn’t mean it.
Now, name one incident from the current trump admin that isnt currently in the forefront, and one from the last trump admin.
Took a while, didn’t it? And you don’t have as deep an understanding, do you?
If theres one thing sticking out, you can grab ahood of the thing. If its just covered in spikes, they become a defense. It just becomes the texture of the thing.
Or if you’ve ever been in a fight. Try grappling a championship wrestler. Youll lose but you can get hands on. Track whats going on. Now try to get hands on enough people to surround you in a thick crowd. You cant even track that shit.