If propaganda isn’t new, why do we feel this way?

This article is part of a series of thinking examining modern media and our civic life including my new book For ALL the People coming Feb 23, 2021.

In this post-election, year-end period of reflection, we are seeing dozens of jeremiads and manifestos rising from all corners and comers. What does this election mean? What will a Biden Administration make possible? Is Trumpism dead? Can society survive mis/disinformation? We’re wrestling with big, fundamental questions about the nature of human society, our social contract, the future of…