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Imagine a house on fire. The flames are spreading, the walls are crumbling—but instead of putting it out, the people in charge start debating who gets credit for calling 911. That’s what politics looks like in 2025.

Everywhere you look, the world is full of problems that didn’t have to be this bad. The climate crisis, wealth inequality, geopolitical instability—none of these issues appeared overnight. They were neglected, ignored, or deliberately postponed in favor of election-cycle politics.

  • Governments kick climate deadlines decades down the road.
  • Corporate lobbyists stall regulations that could prevent another financial collapse.
  • Leaders play political games instead of solving skyrocketing housing and healthcare costs.

And when people ask why, the answer is always the same: “We’ll get to it later.”

Well, later is here. And we are paying the price for a system that only looks four years ahead when the problems we face demand generational thinking.

How Short-Term Politics Is Destroying the Future

If 2025 has made one thing clear, it’s that short-term politics isn’t just frustrating—it’s actively dangerous.

The Climate Crisis Is No Longer a Future Problem

  • Wildfires, heatwaves, and floods aren’t warnings anymore—they’re happening right now.
  • Carbon reduction targets keep getting pushed back, as if nature cares about our deadlines.
  • Fossil fuel companies are still raking in record profits while leaders make empty pledges.

The Economy Works for the Few, Not the Many

  • The wealth gap in 2025 is the highest it has been in modern history.
  • Corporate tax breaks flow freely, but workers still fight for basic wages.
  • Governments spend billions bailing out industries but can’t find the funds for universal healthcare.
  • The majority of people can not afford food or housing

Democracy Is on Life Support

  • People trust politicians less than ever, and can you blame them?
  • Election cycles reward cheap promises over real solutions.
  • Authoritarianism is creeping back into mainstream politics, fueled by public exhaustion and disillusionment.
  • Wars and conflicts almost everywhere around the planet

All of this was preventable. All of this was avoidable. But instead of tackling problems head-on, politicians keep playing for votes while the world burns—sometimes literally.

Why Politicians Only Think in Four-Year Cycles

The reason we’re stuck in this mess is simple: long-term solutions don’t win elections.

  • Voters want results now, not in 20 years.
  • Political parties cater to what’s popular today, not what’s necessary tomorrow.
  • The media thrives on crisis after crisis, not boring policy discussions about sustainability.

So, what do politicians do?

They focus on:
✅ Short-term tax cuts to boost approval ratings.
✅ Infrastructure projects that look good rather than last long.
✅ Deflecting responsibility onto the next administration.

And let’s be honest—we let them do it.

We reward politicians for temporary relief over lasting change. We fall for the same soundbites every election season. We complain, we rage, but we rarely demand accountability that stretches beyond an election cycle.

This Has Happened Before—And It Never Ends Well

History has a way of repeating itself. The worst disasters of the past weren’t just caused by bad decisions—they were caused by leaders who refused to act when it mattered most.

  • The 2008 financial crisis—Experts warned about reckless banking practices for years before the economy collapsed. No one listened.
  • The rise of authoritarian regimes in the 20th century—Politicians underestimated radical movements until it was too late.
  • The pandemic response—Governments ignored the warning signs, then scrambled in panic mode while millions suffered.

Every time, we look back and ask: How did they not see it coming?

But right now, in 2025, we do see it coming. We see crises forming everywhere, and still, leaders are making the same mistakes—playing political chess while the world teeters on the edge.

Breaking the Cycle: What Happens Next Is Up to Us

If politicians won’t think beyond the next election, we have to force them to.

What Can We Do?

1️⃣ Call Out the Short-Term Lies

  • If a politician pushes a policy that sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
  • Stop falling for quick fixes that kick problems further down the road.

2️⃣ Stop Rewarding Leaders Who Only Think in Poll Numbers

  • If a leader only talks about the next four years and not the next 40, they aren’t a leader.
  • Demand long-term policy commitments and hold them to it.

3️⃣ Reimagine What Leadership Looks Like

  • Real leaders take unpopular stances because they care about the future, not just their career.
  • If a politician is too afraid to lose an election to do the right thing, they shouldn’t be in power to begin with.

4️⃣ Invest in Political Education

  • The more people understand why these problems exist, the harder they are to manipulate.
  • Demand accountability, not empty promises.

The Future Is Being Decided Right Now

If we keep rewarding short-term thinking, the future will always be someone else’s problem.

But the truth is, we are the generation paying the price for the short-term politics of the past.

The only question is: Will we keep making the same mistake?

Because if we don’t demand better now, the next generation won’t even have the luxury of asking.

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“If a single child is trapped under rubble, the world stops. If thousands suffer, we call it a crisis—but we move on. Why?”

We don’t like to admit it, but our empathy has limits. We care deeply about our families, our friends, our communities. But beyond that? Beyond our immediate circles, our borders, our cultures?

Something shifts.

A war breaks out in a distant country. A factory collapse kills hundreds. Refugees flee devastation.

And we scroll past.

Not because we’re bad people. Not because we don’t care. But because something inside us—something ancient, something wired into our survival—tells us: That’s not your problem.

This isn’t just about apathy. It’s about how human nature, technology, and politics work together to turn real people into statistics. And if we don’t challenge it, the consequences are dire.

How Our Brains Trick Us Into Indifference

Science has a name for this: psychic numbing—the way our emotions shut down when faced with large-scale suffering.

  • We feel deeply for one person in pain.
  • We struggle to process the suffering of millions.

Paul Slovic, a researcher on human behavior, calls this the collapse of compassion. The larger the tragedy, the harder it is for our brains to compute.

And it’s not just numbers. It’s distance—physical, cultural, emotional.

  • A friend loses their job? We rally to help.
  • Thousands lose their homes in a country we’ve never visited? We feel bad. But it’s… abstract.

The further someone is from our world, the harder it is to see them as fully human.

This isn’t an excuse. It’s a warning. Because history shows us what happens when we let this instinct go unchallenged.

From Indifference to Dehumanization

We like to believe that atrocities belong to the past. That genocide, war crimes, exploitation—those were the failures of another time.

But here’s the truth: Every mass injustice started with dehumanization.

  • The Holocaust didn’t begin with concentration camps. It began with people being called “vermin.”
  • Slavery didn’t start with chains. It started with the idea that some people were less than others.
  • Refugees drowning in the sea today? We call them a “crisis.” A “wave.” A problem to manage, not people to help.

The moment we stop seeing people as individuals with hopes, fears, and dreams—that’s when anything becomes possible.

And make no mistake: Dehumanization isn’t just something that happens “over there.” It’s happening now. In the way we talk about migrants. Protesters. The poor. The enemy.

This isn’t just about the past. This is about us. Right now.

The Media’s Role: Who Gets to Be a Victim?

Have you ever noticed how some tragedies make headlines for weeks—while others disappear in hours?

It’s not random.

  • A war breaks out in a wealthy country? Wall-to-wall coverage.
  • A famine kills thousands in a nation already struggling? Maybe a news brief—if that.

Why? Because we prioritize the suffering of people who look like us, live like us, think like us.

The media doesn’t create bias. It reflects it. It feeds us the stories we’re most likely to engage with—the ones that feel closest to home.

And what happens to the rest? The wars, the famines, the crises that don’t fit a convenient narrative? They fade into the background.

The world keeps turning. And people keep suffering, unseen.

How We Break the Cycle

If human nature, history, and media all push us toward selective empathy—what do we do about it?

1. Make It Personal

Statistics don’t move people. Stories do.

  • One refugee’s journey is more powerful than a thousand faceless numbers.
  • One family struggling through war is more moving than a death toll.

If you want to care more, seek out the human stories. Don’t let crises become headlines without faces.

2. Notice Who You’re Not Seeing

Next time you’re scrolling, ask yourself:

  • Whose suffering is being ignored?
  • Who is missing from the conversation?
  • Whose pain are we comfortable looking away from?

Challenge the instinct to only empathize with people who remind you of yourself.

3. Stop Using Language That Distances

The moment we call people “migrants” instead of families fleeing for their lives, we detach.
The moment we call people “rioters” instead of citizens demanding justice, we lose the story.

Words matter. They shape how we see the world—and who we decide is worth saving.

4. Take Responsibility for Your Attention

We can’t control global suffering. But we can control what we engage with.

  • Follow journalists who cover forgotten stories.
  • Share voices that aren’t being heard.
  • Stay present with crises that are easy to ignore.

Empathy is a muscle. Use it.

There is a reason history repeats itself: The Cost of Looking Away

Every injustice—every war, every genocide, every mass suffering—began with the same excuse:

“That’s not our problem.”

And if we let that thinking take over, if we let ourselves become numb—then we will watch the next crisis unfold in real time, feel bad for a moment, and move on.

But we don’t have to.

We can fight to see people as they are. To challenge the forces that divide us. To break the cycle before it’s too late.

Because the greatest threat to humanity has never been war, or disease, or disaster.

It’s indifference.

And the choice before us everyday is simple: Will we care, or will we look away?

Trust is the currency of progress. It’s what holds democracies together, what makes economies function, what turns strangers into communities. Lose it, and everything starts to break down.

Right now, trust is running on empty.

According to the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer, only 36% of people believe the next generation will be better off. That’s not just a number. That’s a warning sign. A flashing red light. A sign that something fundamental is breaking in the relationship between people and the institutions that are supposed to serve them.

And let’s be clear: This didn’t happen overnight.

  • Financial crises that bailed out banks but left families behind.
  • Governments that promise change but serve the same interests.
  • Media that once informed but now profits off outrage.
  • Corporations that talk about sustainability while polluting the planet.

Trust wasn’t stolen from us. It was chipped away, one broken promise at a time.

How Trust Dies (And Why That Should Terrify Us)

People don’t wake up one morning and decide to stop trusting institutions. It happens slowly, then all at once.

  • We see politicians lie, and nothing happens.
  • We see billionaires amass record wealth while wages stagnate.
  • We see AI making decisions about our lives, and we have no idea how or why.

And over time, we stop expecting anything different.

That’s the real danger—not just that trust is declining, but that we’re getting used to it. That we’ve reached a point where corruption, deception, and broken promises don’t even shock us anymore.

Because once trust is gone, what comes next?

  • People disengage from politics. And when people stop believing the system can change, the only ones left running it are the ones who benefit from keeping it broken.
  • The economy stagnates. If workers don’t trust corporations, if consumers don’t trust brands, if investors don’t trust markets—growth slows.
  • Misinformation thrives. When people don’t trust journalists, they trust whoever confirms their fears. When everything feels like propaganda, the loudest voices win.

This isn’t just a crisis of trust. It’s a crisis of what happens when trust runs out.

Can We Fix This? Yes—But Only If We Demand It

Rebuilding trust isn’t about putting out better press releases. It’s about delivering results. And that means:

Radical Transparency. No more fine print. No more vague promises. If an institution wants trust, it has to earn it in public.

Accountability That Actually Matters. If politicians lie, they should lose power. If companies deceive, they should lose profits. If AI makes decisions that affect us, we should know exactly how.

Media That Puts Truth Over Clicks. We need journalism that informs, not inflames. Outrage makes money, but trust makes democracy work.

Leadership That Serves, Not Profits. The institutions that survive the next decade will be the ones that put people first. Not stockholders. Not advertisers. People.

The trust crisis isn’t just about politics, or business, or media

It’s about whether we believe in the idea that institutions can serve the people again.

Because if we don’t believe that, we’ve already lost.

But if we do—if we demand better, if we hold power accountable, if we refuse to accept that this is just the way things are—then trust isn’t gone for good.

It’s just waiting to be rebuilt.

The only question left is: Are we willing to fight for it?

“Empathy is not a nice-to-have. It’s not a soft skill. It’s the one thing separating a society that thrives from one that tears itself apart.”

Think about the last time you truly felt heard. Not just acknowledged. Not just nodded at. But heard—on a level where someone didn’t just understand your words but understood you.

Now ask yourself—how often does that happen?

We live in a world that celebrates logic, efficiency, and data. Numbers drive decisions. Spreadsheets justify actions. Policies are built on economic forecasts, not lived experiences. But here’s the problem: when we ignore empathy, when we forget that real people are at the heart of every decision, we create systems that may function well on paper but fail spectacularly in practice.

Empathy isn’t a weakness. It’s not some feel-good concept that belongs in TED Talks and therapy rooms. It’s the secret ingredient of leadership, the cornerstone of good policy, the difference between a brand people tolerate and a brand people love. And yet, we continue to undervalue it.

Why?

Why Do We Keep Pushing Empathy Aside?

The world rewards decisiveness, strength, and results. It tells leaders: “Make the hard choices. Stick to the data. Don’t let emotions cloud your judgment.” And sure, numbers matter. Efficiency matters. But when they come at the expense of human connection, we create a world where:

  • Politicians craft policies that look great in reports but devastate communities.
  • CEOs chase profits without realizing they’re crushing the morale of the people keeping their company alive.
  • Brands pour millions into marketing but fail to actually understand their customers.

This isn’t about being soft. It’s about being smart. Because a world without empathy is a world where people feel disconnected—from their leaders, from their jobs, from each other. And when that happens, trust erodes. Loyalty disappears. Progress stalls.

What Happens When Empathy Goes Missing?

Let’s be real: we’re seeing the effects of empathy’s decline everywhere.

  • In politics: Leaders who talk, but don’t listen. Voters who feel unheard and turn to extremes. Policies built for efficiency, not for people.
  • In business: Companies that optimize everything—except human experience. Employees who feel like numbers. Customers who are just data points.
  • In society: Conversations that feel more like battles. Social media debates where the goal isn’t understanding—it’s winning. A world where compassion feels like a liability.

When empathy disappears, society doesn’t collapse overnight. It just starts to fray—slowly, quietly—until one day, we look around and wonder how we got here.

The Leaders Who Get It Right

Now, let’s flip the script.

What do the most respected leaders have in common? What makes certain politicians, CEOs, and cultural icons stand out?

They connect. They listen. They understand not just what people say—but what they mean.

Take @barackobama, for example. Whether you agreed with his politics or not, his ability to connect with people was undeniable. He made people feel seen. He understood that facts alone don’t move people—stories do. Connection does.

Or think about the brands that people love—not just tolerate. The ones that don’t just sell products, but make you feel something Nike. Patagonia. They don’t just talk at you. They get you.

That’s not an accident. That’s empathy.

So, What Do We Do?

If we want a world where leadership actually serves people, where businesses actually understand customers, where conversations actually bring us closer instead of pushing us apart, we need to stop treating empathy like a footnote.

Here’s how:

  1. Redefine Strength. Being “tough” doesn’t mean ignoring emotions. It means understanding them—and making decisions with that understanding in mind.
  2. Make Listening the First Step, Not the Last. Before leaders make policies, before businesses launch products, before we hit “send” on that email—pause. Listen first. Because the best decisions come from understanding, not assumptions.
  3. Reward Connection. Right now, we measure success by profits, efficiency, and speed. But what if we also measured how well we connect? What if we valued emotional intelligence as much as technical skills?

The Bottom Line

Empathy isn’t optional. It’s not a side note. It’s the foundation of everything that works in society.

Great leaders? Empathy.
Great businesses? Empathy.
Great relationships, great movements, great change? It all starts with one thing: the ability to understand and care about someone who isn’t you.

So let’s stop treating empathy like an afterthought. Let’s stop acting like logic and emotion are enemies. Because if we really want to move forward—not just efficiently, but meaningfully—we need to start putting empathy back where it belongs: at the center of everything we do.

Because progress isn’t just about moving forward. It’s about moving forward together.

The Warning from History

On the morning of January 6, 2021, the world watched as a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. It was a moment of reckoning—chaos unleashed in the heart of the world’s most celebrated democracy.

Some called it a rebellion, others an insurrection. But to an ancient Greek historian named Polybius, it would have been something else entirely: inevitable.

More than 2,000 years ago, Polybius introduced a concept that few remember today, but whose relevance has never been greater: Anakyklosis—the Cycle of Political Evolution. It’s the idea that all governments, no matter how just or noble, are doomed to fall into predictable patterns of corruption, decay, and rebirth. It’s a cycle we have seen time and again, from the fall of Rome to the rise of authoritarian populism in the 21st century.

And if history tells us anything, it’s that the cycle is turning once more in 2025.


The Cycle of Power: From Democracy to Mob Rule

Polybius laid out the six stages of government like a tragic script, one that civilizations unknowingly follow, again and again:

  1. Monarchy (Rule of One – Benevolent) – A strong, wise leader emerges to bring order to chaos.
  2. Tyranny (Rule of One – Corrupt) – Power corrupts, and the leader becomes despotic.
  3. Aristocracy (Rule of the Best – Benevolent) – The best and brightest take over, governing with wisdom.
  4. Oligarchy (Rule of the Few – Corrupt) – The elites grow greedy, consolidating power for themselves.
  5. Democracy (Rule of the Many – Benevolent) The people rise up, demanding a government that serves them.
  6. Ochlokratia (Mob Rule – Corrupt) – Democracy descends into chaos, manipulated by demagogues and misinformation, leading to collapse and the rise of a new monarchy.

Sound familiar? It should. Because right now, the world’s great democracies are teetering on the edge of ochlokratia—mob rule. The signs are all around us in 2025 and maybe earlier than that!


America, Rome, and the Dangers of Late-Stage Democracy

History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme. Consider the fall of the Roman Republic:

  • A democratic system once admired, where power was shared among elected officials.
  • A growing divide between the elite and the working class, fueling discontent.
  • The rise of populist leaders who promised to “fix the system” while eroding its foundations.
  • Political violence becoming normalized, as factions turned to force instead of debate.

By the time Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon in 49 BCE, Rome had already crossed a point of no return. Democracy had rotted from within, paving the way for empire.

Now, look around in 2025. The warning signs are eerily similar:

  • Rising wealth inequality—a handful of billionaires hold more wealth than entire nations, with AI-driven economies exacerbating disparities.
  • Populist strongmen winning elections by exploiting public disillusionment, now amplified by deepfake propaganda and AI-manipulated media.
  • A disinformation crisis, where truth is drowned in a sea of conspiracy theories, with major news organizations struggling to compete with viral AI-generated misinformation.
  • Governments increasingly paralyzed by polarization, unable to solve real problems, as social unrest escalates globally.
  • The rise of authoritarian tendencies, with leaders undermining democratic institutions under the guise of “protecting the people,” now armed with digital surveillance and AI-powered state control.

Like Rome before it, modern democracy is not dying from external threats. It is crumbling from within—now at an accelerated pace thanks to technology.


The Digital Age and the Acceleration of Ochlokratia

Polybius never could have predicted social media, but if he had, he would have seen it as the ultimate accelerator of political decay.

In 2025, the situation has worsened. AI-driven content manipulation, hyper-personalized propaganda, and algorithm-driven outrage cycles have turned democracy into a battleground of perception over reality. Deepfake videos, voice clones, and AI-generated political figures blur the line between truth and fiction. The digital public square, once seen as a beacon of democratic engagement, has become an ecosystem of rage-fueled disinformation, rewarding extremism over nuance, engagement over truth.

And so we find ourselves in the final stage of democracy—the moment where people, manipulated by demagogues, AI-driven propaganda, and digital algorithms, turn against the very system meant to protect them.


Can We Break the Cycle?

If the ancient Greeks were right, the natural next step is a return to authoritarian rule—a strongman rising from the ashes, promising to “fix” the broken system, but at the cost of freedom.

But history is not destiny. The cycle is a warning, not a prophecy.

Democracies do not fail overnight. They erode, piece by piece, as citizens grow complacent, as leaders exploit fear, as institutions weaken under the weight of corruption. And yet, history has also shown that the fate of a nation is not written in stone—it is written by those who refuse to let history repeat itself.

The solution does not lie in nostalgia for the past, but in rebuilding trust, strengthening institutions, and restoring civic engagement. It lies in resisting the allure of simple answers to complex problems. It lies in demanding accountability from leaders, media, and ourselves.

In 2025, it also means tackling the AI-driven erosion of democracy, ensuring that technology serves the people rather than manipulates them. We must regulate AI in politics, educate citizens on digital literacy, and push for transparent governance in an age where deception has never been easier.

Polybius gave us the diagnosis. The question now is: Will we choose a different ending?


We stand at a crossroads, just as Rome did, just as every great civilization has before us.

The forces of history are powerful, but they are not absolute.

As Martin Luther King, Jr1.,  once said, “The arc of the moral universe may bend toward justice, but it does not bend on its own.” We, the people, must be the ones to bend it.

Because democracy is not a given. It is a choice. And that choice is ours to make—before history that always tends to repeat itself makes it for us.

On January 20, 2025, the world watched as Donald Trump was sworn in—again—as the 47th President of the United States. But this wasn’t just any inauguration. This wasn’t just about the transfer of power.

This was about who holds the keys to the internet itself.

Because standing in the VIP section, watching with keen interest, were the most powerful figures in media and technology:

  • Rupert Murdoch, the ultimate kingmaker of conservative media.
  • Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter), Trump’s old battlefield for unfiltered speech.
  • The CEOs of Apple, Google, and Meta (Facebook/Instagram/threads)—the architects of our digital world.
  • The CEO of TikTok, the most influential platform for young voters, despite Trump once calling it a national security threat.
  • The CEO of OpenAI (ChatGPT), representing the next frontier of AI-driven information control.
  • Amazon’s CEO, whose company dominates everything from cloud computing to online commerce.

What were they doing there? And more importantly, what does this mean for the future of free speech, media, and the internet?


Trump’s Information Power Play

For years, Trump has railed against Big Tech censorship, accusing platforms of silencing conservative voices. He even launched his own platform, Truth Social, to fight back.

But now, the game has changed.

This wasn’t a room full of enemies. This was a meeting of the new elite—the people who decide what you see, what you read, and what you believe.

  • If Trump was once at war with these tech moguls, why are they now standing by his side?
  • Is this a surrender from Big Tech, or something more sinister?
  • Are we witnessing the birth of an unholy alliance between politics, AI, and social media?

The End of Digital Free Speech?

With Trump in power and the biggest players in tech seemingly aligned with him, we’re entering a new era.

What happens to free speech when politics and tech power become one?
Who controls the algorithms that decide what content goes viral—and what gets buried?
What if the platforms that once censored Trump now start silencing his opposition?

Elon Musk’s presence is particularly fascinating. As the owner of X (formerly Twitter), he has positioned himself as a free speech absolutist—but will that apply equally in a Trump-controlled world?

And then there’s AI. With OpenAI’s leadership in attendance, it’s impossible to ignore the role artificial intelligence will play in shaping online discourse. Could AI tools like ChatGPT become politically influenced? Will fact-checking be biased?


A Digital Coup? How Information Will Be Controlled

If the 2016 election was shaped by Facebook, Twitter, and Russian bots, and 2020 was fought over mail-in ballots and voter suppression, 2025 is shaping up to be a battle for total information dominance.

Key risks of this new Trump-Tech alignment:

Algorithmic Favoritism – What if pro-Trump content is pushed while dissenting views are quietly suppressed? The average user would never even know.

AI-Generated Political Messaging – Imagine ChatGPT shaping responses to political questions in a way that subtly favors one ideology over another. AI can control narratives in ways we don’t yet fully understand.

Musk’s ‘Free Speech’ Paradox – If Elon Musk’s X becomes Trump’s new megaphone, what happens to opposition voices?

China and TikTok – Trump once called TikTok a national security threat. Now, its leadership was at his inauguration. Did a backroom deal happen?

Amazon’s Cloud Control – With AWS (Amazon Web Services) powering much of the internet, could web hosting be used as a political weapon?


Trump’s Digital Takeover: A Masterstroke or a Threat to Democracy?

Let’s be clear—Trump doesn’t just want to be President. He wants to control the conversation.

By aligning himself with the digital gatekeepers of the modern world, he ensures that the internet itself bends to his narrative.

  • If he controls the legacy media (Murdoch), he controls TV news.
  • If he controls the social media platforms, he controls the public discourse.
  • If he controls AI, he controls what people believe is true.

This is no longer about Trump vs. The Media.
This is Trump becoming The Media.


What Happens Next?

Expect policy changes that reshape tech regulations—but in ways that benefit the companies standing by Trump’s side.
Expect a crackdown on certain types of speech—not just from the left, but possibly even from Trump’s own critics.
Expect AI and social media to play a bigger role than ever before in shaping public opinion—but in ways we may never fully see or understand.

The internet was once seen as the great equalizer, a space for free expression. But what happens when the people who control the platforms and the people who control the government become the same people?

If 2016 and 2020 taught us anything, it’s that who controls the media controls the election.

And in 2025, Trump may have just secured the biggest media empire in history.


Are we witnessing a new era of free speech and digital democracy—or the most sophisticated attempt yet to control public perception?

And more importantly, will you even be able to tell the difference?

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