LETTER: SA politics a befuddling business
It’s hard to know who to trust anymore in this strange era of cabals and mini-wars
My 2016 worn-out copy of The Economist magazine remains a prized possession. “The art of the lie: Post truth politics in the age of social media” is its title. I use it as a guide to find my way through the fog that is SA politics. I have never been as confused in my life as in the past week. I do not even know who the enemy is now, who is lying, who has my best interest at heart. We are living in the post-truth world.
The Economist defines post-truth politics as “made possible by two threats to this public sphere: a loss of trust in institutions that support its infrastructure and deep changes in the way knowledge of the world reaches the public”. This past week I learnt of a new lexicon: the cabal. It is dirty out there, as journalists wage wars against each other. Whom to trust anymore?..
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