I saw a guy today who had “Until 2+2=5” printed on his shirt. He was a mask person, so it seems unlikely it was ironic in any way, or that he knew the original reference, at least the most famous one, is to George Orwell. I point that out, since the Left was buying 1984 in large numbers when Donald Trump was President.
Now that Biden and the people making decisions for him are trying to bring it about, they could not care less. Orwell is so last year.
I think I commented here that the way things were trending, the Left was going to try and make 2+2=4 a “racist slogan”. Work is apparently proceeding.
And it occurred to me that the real problem is not that they are crazy and don’t know it. It is that they are crazy and they DO know it. They don’t care. The pain of un-belonging is vastly greater, as a potential risk, than any present reality of continual irrationality, grotesquely inappropriate and destructive hyperemotionality, and a chronic sense of grievance and anger. All worth it. Totally worth it.
To state the obvious, you can’t reason with people who have not only lost the habit of reason, but who KNOW they are being unreasonable and don’t care. Who in fact are PROUD of it, and who even brag about it. Educated rednecks, arrogant in their willful ignorance.
Psychologically normal people seek out order and coherence. They try and square what they say with what they do. They don’t try and hold two contradictory positions at the same time, or even in rotation. That sort of thing creates anxiety for them. Stress.
But for the Post-Rational-Them, the anxiety comes with the thought of a world where they are no longer told what to do and how to behave. They will give their souls to belong, and many have. This means there is always a mob there for them when they need one, if not honest dialogue, sincere hugs, or real friends.