This is from this Sundance article
If 20 years ago someone said that:
An objectionable TV personality became our greatest president.
That the previous admin would release a pandemic w/ the CCP to destroy him.
That it fostered a socialist cultural revolution.
The country would be trillions in debt.
The elections would be rigged.
That Washington would be effectively one party.
That our border would be invaded by hordes of Barbarians
That our police would be neutered.
That people who’ve never been slaves demand restitution from people who’ve never been slave owners.
That our media would be complicit vs. investigative.
That basic social constructs such as gender would be abandoned.
That a one-world government was the objective.
That in spite of what people experience every day they can be made to believe that the weather is killing them.
That in spite of all this, people go about their lives as if nothing is wrong.
That in spite of this, I’m living the best days of my life and I’ve never been happier.
All the above is true. None of it would I have believed 20 short years ago.
Believe it or not, when my oldest brother harped to me about how the patriot acts would be the tool of tyrants, I argued the, "but if you don't have anything to hide" line. How far we have come.
"Who is not satisfied with himself will grow. Who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things" - Some Chinese guy