Eroded shared reality destroys the possibility of genuine disagreement.

Evidence

But under conditions in which we cannot make ourselves understandable to each other, disagreement itself becomes impossible. There will still be government, and it may preserve democratic forms, but it will be a political world in which we cannot understand each other. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 374

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: A compact paradox: the condition that makes disagreement possible (shared sense of the plausible) is what disagreement presupposes, and conspiracism dissolves it — worth sitting with.
• XREF: connects to: Common sense is the shared ground that makes democratic exchange possible; Democracy can survive structurally while losing its animating meaning. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 381; Some theorists argue consensus reality has dissolved entirely — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 1117 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Instrumentalized communication destroys the possibility of shared truth #corroborates (0.85) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 378
• Instrumentalizing communication has destroyed our sense of truth itself #corroborates (0.85) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 378
• Loss of communal relationships destroys the framework in which common sense operates #expands (0.80)
• Irony dies because ideology and reality have collapsed into agreement #corroborates (0.80) — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 230
• The elimination of effortful judgment erases the distinction between truth and falsehood #expands (0.78)