The murder of Charlie Kirk exposes how fragile the country already was. Bobby points back to Obama’s election, Trump’s campaign, and the COVID lockdowns as the three jolts that scrambled reality into camps. What followed was “the creation of alternate realities,” where doctors with Harvard degrees got shouted down by people peddling horse dewormer. Once truth collapses into team identity, the ground for violence is already laid.
The technology that fueled that collapse is still with us, shaping identity by the click. Sam calls Facebook’s rise “the Death Star,” introduced at the very moment America congratulated itself on progress. What once looked like connection became an algorithmic treadmill of rage and belonging, every scroll reinforcing the idea that only your tribe is real. It’s no surprise that people searching for meaning now find it in conspiracies that let them play hero against imagined villains.
The global stage looks just as reckless. Trump’s reaction to Russian drones in Poland — “could have been a mistake” — ignores what anyone with military experience knows: “That does not happen. That is not an accident.” NATO allies hear excuses instead of defense, while U.S. warships in the Caribbean destroy small boats with no evidence offered. Theatrics replace strategy, leaving America’s power more performative than purposeful.
At home, education becomes the clearest example of a nation undoing itself. “You cannot learn if you’re hungry,” Bobby reminds, after watching school boards vote down meals for preschool kids. Wealthy districts keep thriving while others are stripped of resources, ensuring critical thinking is rationed to the lucky few. Sam insists “every person born has value because they’re a person,” a simple truth that should guide policy but rarely does. When fairness itself gets painted as radical, it’s a sign of how far we’ve drifted from common sense.
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