What Could Possibly Turn Things Around Quickly and Decisively?

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17. A lifetime of cheating, lying, assault, criminality, racism, credible accusations of sexual assault, grifting,

bullying, incompetence, bribery, blackmail, traitorous actions, emoluments violations, illegal killings....is well described and well known. If media outlets would remind us of this context when discussing the daily outrage perhaps things could be different.

In a healthy democracy with effective public discourse any of these personal failings would be dealt with swiftly and as matter of course. So I hope that you're right and that there's something out there bad enough to make a difference, and so widespread beyond TSF that the backlash against concentration of wealth and power and against Trumpism is immediate and thorough and durable...undoing 50 years of planning and investment. (Though I'd also be happy if it's just TSF that goes down, as a start!)

When thinking about our public discourse and structure of our politics, I'm reminded of the ending line in a great, prescient movie in which Cliff Robertson asks whistleblower Robert Redford 'How do you know they'll print it?'