The internet has exposed us all to the raw hypocrisy and opportunism of politicians, the media, etc, but the result is that it’s just being normalized. Everybody knows everybody else is lying. All that matters is what team you’re on. This is how it’ll be from here on out.

— scientism (@mr_scientism) October 31, 2020

We’re all scammers running a con on one another now. It’s become the system. Whether it’s liberals or conservatives, doesn’t matter. Just the scam differs. In a world built on such normalized deceit the person who tells the truth appears insane.

This all started with Perot in 1992, in many ways, and how the press treated him, but has now become the norm.