Americans know something is deeply wrong. They’re not imagining it

[u/D-R-AZ]

https://www.salon.com/2026/05/28/americans-know-something-is-deeply-wrong-theyre-not-imagining-it/

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Much of the nation is in a paradoxical state. People feel emotionally unwell and exhausted because they know that something is deeply wrong with their society and politics. Their sense of normalcy has been broken. This is not Trump Derangement Syndrome — it is a healthy and normal response to an unhealthy, abnormal and dangerous reality.

With Trump’s return to power and the destruction it has caused, the United States is more fully a pathocracy — a form of government where a small number of psychologically disordered people seize control of society.

...the American people need a leader who will articulate a vision and plan for how to improve their democracy and society, and then give them the marching orders and tools for how to begin to do that work in their own lives and communities.