A society saturated in magical thinking cannot sanction political delusion

Evidence

Yet not even stoking an armed insurrection would disqualify Trump from public life. Could there be consequences for such magical thinking when everyone’s thoughts were increasingly magical? — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 620

Categorization

• QUESTION: This is the book’s closing provocation — whether the vanishing distinction between consumer fantasy and political delusion will erode accountability itself is worth pursuing.