To me, post-truth doesn’t really mean “everyone lies all the time”, rather it means that on contentious issues, there is no single perspective or narrative universally accepted as “the truth”.
In 2024, facts and information is so readily available that its possible to find “facts” to support whatever perspective or position you want, even disingenuously.
Just a few decades ago, facts and information came from news papers and the evening news on TV. There was no “choose your own adventure” nonsense.
That doesn’t really have much to do with trump and Vance, they just plain lie all the time and their voters don’t care, because they’re “low information” voters. That’s not really what posy truth is about IMO.
To me, post-truth doesn’t really mean “everyone lies all the time”, rather it means that on contentious issues, there is no single perspective or narrative universally accepted as “the truth”.
In 2024, facts and information is so readily available that its possible to find “facts” to support whatever perspective or position you want, even disingenuously.
Just a few decades ago, facts and information came from news papers and the evening news on TV. There was no “choose your own adventure” nonsense.
That doesn’t really have much to do with trump and Vance, they just plain lie all the time and their voters don’t care, because they’re “low information” voters. That’s not really what posy truth is about IMO.