Pray not only for the right people to be elected to office, but for advisors who can see clearly through the warp and have Amos-like courage to speak truth.
The warp sometimes develops around the charismatic candidates for the Oval Office, and campaigns aim at broadening this image. Barack Obama, for example, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize before his presidency had even gotten underway. The electorate, celebrities and legitimizing institutions share culpability in blowing the smoke and creating the warp.
I have described this as a “consensus establishment” comprised of entertainment, information, academic, political, and corporate elites. They converge into a general agreement about what the rest of us should believe and value and propagandize that worldview non-stop. They marginalize, or, worse, cancel us when we refuse to comply.
I have described this as a “consensus establishment” comprised of entertainment, information, academic, political, and corporate elites. They converge into a general agreement about what the rest of us should believe and value and propagandize that worldview non-stop. They marginalize, or, worse, cancel us when we refuse to comply.