It’s a way to cope with a long history of foreign domination and of too often taking the clearly wrong side of a conflict.

It’s not just about the dog. It’s about the fact that he, his streamer friends, and his audience will lie constantly.

Has been since the 18th century. But back then people were less paranoid about spies.

And was probably born in Germany.

Perhaps pursue that once Trump and the authoritarian danger are behind us. Meanwhile, employ whatever strong rhetoric persuades people to oppose them.

Or people with ADHD.

They would definitely rule against me the moment they realized I was barely holding in my laugh.

I can’t remember the last one I had… will try to get one tomorrow.

I wrote about the challenges American social media poses to European democracy earlier this year
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...