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People have argued that

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we live in a

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post-truth society, but there is

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no such thing, actually,

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as post-truth thinking. Truth

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is fundamental to the

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idea of thought, and

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that's what thinking is,

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the attempt to get

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the true answer to

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something. So if you

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discard truth, there is nothing

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left except the pursuit

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of power. It focused on

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stories of deceptions. Some were

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whimsical, others weren't. In the years

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since, I've begun work on a

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new season multiple times. But each

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time I start digging into something,

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reality seems to break. The world

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that once made sense no longer

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does. Before long, the hoax stories that

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I covered not too long ago

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seemed to become relics of a

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bygone era, replaced by a new

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epic of craziness. America has shifted

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from a nation that, while always

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wrestling with bias and propaganda, largely

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valued shared facts, to one where

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objective truth is increasingly subjective, shaped

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by ideology, emotion, and digital echo

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chambers. The term post-truth refers

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to a societal condition where

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personal beliefs, political narratives, and

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emotions hold more weight than

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verifiable reality, eroding trust in

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institutions, journalism, and even

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science. This transformation is fueled

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by misinformation, media fragmentation, and

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the speed of social media,

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making it easier than ever

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to manipulate perception. In a post-truth

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society, facts become secondary to

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what people want to be

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true, leading to polarization, cynicism,

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and the breakdown of constructive

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discourse. Understanding this shift is

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critical because when truth is

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no longer agreed upon, democracy

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itself, built on informed decision-making,

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begins to fracture. In the upcoming series,

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post-truth, I will be breaking down how

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the American Empire has been built upon

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lies. Hokes is, if we want to

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call them. that and how

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that very thing is causing it

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to now crumble. Over 16 Over 16

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episodes, we will explore the

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myth building that helped shape America

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from its earliest days, and

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draw a straight line from then

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all the way to now

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when technology and misinformation seem poised

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to destroy us. poised to Stay

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tuned. tuned.