The Trump era is the post-truth era. We are faced with a breed of leaders who are ruthlessly using fake news, the most dangerous weapon of mass destruction in the modern era, to create an alternate universe. In the past, wars were mainly aimed at physical and territorial domination. Today’s wars are increasingly fought by conditioning hearts and minds through fake news and outright lies on the platforms of the mass media, focusing on human stupidity.
We see before our eyes how truth is twisted and how elections in Western democracies are influenced by Russia, with the leader of the so-called free world a most willing participant. The traditional checks and balances, based on long-held values and tried and tested constitutions, seem to be ineffective in countering this new kind of warfare...
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