I was hoping the mental decline story would have declined by now. Now I'm hoping it will be one of the big stories of this election cycle.
I've experienced mental decline firsthand. An elderly person you've known and respected for years asks you a question and you give them what would previously have been a perfectly sufficient answer, and then they keep asking the same question repetitively, each time as if for the first time.
I'm particularly concerned with an industry-specific and early-onset manifestation of that condition within the Whitehouse press corps. I know the Whitehouse neurologist is only responsible for the thousands of people who serve at the Whitehouse, but maybe Karine Jean-Pierre can sneak them in for a checkup.
Because a free press is one of the cornerstones of egalitarian democracy, mental decline within the WH press corps should and must be a national interest story.
Today, the Times has a front page story about how populism can defeat people who have power and expertise, the coup de gras for chump. Rupert’s slimey effort to redefine our media has succeeded beyond all expectations. They have decided for us. Or think that they have.
The influencers on one side are out for blood and money . The others are genuinely concerned for the health, progress, and integrity of Democracy. The first is excitement, drama, wealth. The second is Ho Hum , boring, principle. It’s sadly just another lesson many miss -forest through the trees.
I was hoping the mental decline story would have declined by now. Now I'm hoping it will be one of the big stories of this election cycle.
I've experienced mental decline firsthand. An elderly person you've known and respected for years asks you a question and you give them what would previously have been a perfectly sufficient answer, and then they keep asking the same question repetitively, each time as if for the first time.
I'm particularly concerned with an industry-specific and early-onset manifestation of that condition within the Whitehouse press corps. I know the Whitehouse neurologist is only responsible for the thousands of people who serve at the Whitehouse, but maybe Karine Jean-Pierre can sneak them in for a checkup.
Because a free press is one of the cornerstones of egalitarian democracy, mental decline within the WH press corps should and must be a national interest story.
Today, the Times has a front page story about how populism can defeat people who have power and expertise, the coup de gras for chump. Rupert’s slimey effort to redefine our media has succeeded beyond all expectations. They have decided for us. Or think that they have.
It’s up to us , the Heathers,Joyces…
The influencers on one side are out for blood and money . The others are genuinely concerned for the health, progress, and integrity of Democracy. The first is excitement, drama, wealth. The second is Ho Hum , boring, principle. It’s sadly just another lesson many miss -forest through the trees.
Thanks Systematic …good post.