02-15-2019, 09:14 AM
The ideological polarization indeed suggests an ideological, internal Cold War. We have yet to determine whether this one will turn out well. The ideological polarization resembles that in Spain in the 1930s, and the Spanish Civil War turned out well --- if one wanted to live in a society reverted to the Middle Ages in its culture and it was wise to play dumb. Spain was a great place to visit on a cheap holiday because labor was cheap and servile.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.