Donald Trump's hardcore supporters did not take it well on Thursday when Georgia Judge Scott McAfee issued a 14-page ruling reaffirming that the former president should stand trial on RICO charges for attempted 2020 election interference after his lawyers asked for yet another dismissal of the charg...

Edit: There’s a lot of people in the comment section who clearly didn’t read the article so let me clarify that no, this is not about Judge Aileen Cannon. Read. The. Damn. Article.

  • seathru@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    1081·
    8 months ago

    “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”

    ― Carl Sagan

    • Adderbox76English
      621·
      8 months ago

      I love that quote. We need more Sagan’s and fewer Rogans.

    • IninewCrowEnglish
      294·
      8 months ago

      Humanity has been victim to that for thousands of years in the form of world religions

    • Schmoo@slrpnk.net
      10·
      8 months ago

      I believe this is from Carl Sagan’s book The Demon Haunted World. A fantastic read, and one I recommend to anyone who will listen.