EE PatronOct 6th 2023, 16:11:53
Yeah the algorithm/echo chamber way in which people digest information now with humans having open access to information doesn't really seem to be something that can be corrected.
If you google, "Proof monkeys flew out of butts," you'll find photos of monkeys flying out of butts and articles giving proof it exists. And the more you search for these types of things, the more that you'll see them. People's ideas get shaped around the information they have access to, and with every type of lie being available, people have access to feeling vindicated to believe whatever they want to think, and add other wild theories to pollute their recognition of fact. Because of this, known facts can be twisted into half-truths and non-truths by people calling you a sheep being a parrot, for reading widely accepted facts and believing them.
On the courts, McConnell, back before his brain left his body, clearly was not a big fan of Trump. But he very much suffered him and supported him because it was part of his plan to pack the court. He needed a winner and his best shot was a divisive firebrand. He saw his window, and in unprecedented fashion blocked the nomination of Merrick Garland for many months, to swing the high court conservative for the next 30-60 years. It's not just the high court though. For more or less the last year of Obama's presidency, essentially all judge appointments were blocked and the positions weren't filled, creating delays in the criminal justice system and potentially affecting people's right to a speedy trial. Then they jammed like 250 judges thru in just 4 years. Like, the courts are FULLY PACKED, and the supreme court is no longer a representative caucus of congress or the people. It's stacked 6-3 and should generally only make conservative opinions.
In the thick of it all, I think McConnell would have suffered a communist or a terrorist as commander and chief, were he able to use that person to pack the courts. And between the confirmation hearings, government shutdowns, etc., a TON of Trump's policy was done thru executive order, which as we know from the exchange from Obama to Trump, can easily just get undone on day one of the next presidency. McConnell hedged his bet, and got his way. 50 years after he dies, when the policies or Trump and Obama and Biden are long in the past, the courts will still have McConnell's mark on them.
If you google, "Proof monkeys flew out of butts," you'll find photos of monkeys flying out of butts and articles giving proof it exists. And the more you search for these types of things, the more that you'll see them. People's ideas get shaped around the information they have access to, and with every type of lie being available, people have access to feeling vindicated to believe whatever they want to think, and add other wild theories to pollute their recognition of fact. Because of this, known facts can be twisted into half-truths and non-truths by people calling you a sheep being a parrot, for reading widely accepted facts and believing them.
On the courts, McConnell, back before his brain left his body, clearly was not a big fan of Trump. But he very much suffered him and supported him because it was part of his plan to pack the court. He needed a winner and his best shot was a divisive firebrand. He saw his window, and in unprecedented fashion blocked the nomination of Merrick Garland for many months, to swing the high court conservative for the next 30-60 years. It's not just the high court though. For more or less the last year of Obama's presidency, essentially all judge appointments were blocked and the positions weren't filled, creating delays in the criminal justice system and potentially affecting people's right to a speedy trial. Then they jammed like 250 judges thru in just 4 years. Like, the courts are FULLY PACKED, and the supreme court is no longer a representative caucus of congress or the people. It's stacked 6-3 and should generally only make conservative opinions.
In the thick of it all, I think McConnell would have suffered a communist or a terrorist as commander and chief, were he able to use that person to pack the courts. And between the confirmation hearings, government shutdowns, etc., a TON of Trump's policy was done thru executive order, which as we know from the exchange from Obama to Trump, can easily just get undone on day one of the next presidency. McConnell hedged his bet, and got his way. 50 years after he dies, when the policies or Trump and Obama and Biden are long in the past, the courts will still have McConnell's mark on them.