When Fantasy Meets the Wall of Reality
The Heritage Foundation’s revolution, led by its cult
figurehead Donald Trump, is built on a foundation of lies and “alternative
facts.” They have successfully tricked their chosen leader into fronting their
cause, cloaking the truth beneath a thick fog of propaganda.
When a revolution is built on falsehoods, reality doesn’t
disappear. It is merely hidden from view. Objective truth exists, even when
buried under denial, distraction, and political theater. Facts remain facts.
Science remains science. Truth remains truth. Reality endures no matter how often
it is obscured, rejected, or declared an enemy of the people.
The Unseen March of Truth
Reality has a stubborn way of continuing, whether
acknowledged or not.
- The
Economy — Politicians can tout imaginary prosperity, manipulate
statistics, or dismiss expert warnings, but the underlying economic forces
continue to operate. Debt accrues. Markets respond to supply and demand.
Jobs are lost when industries collapse, no matter what a press conference
claims.
- Public
Health — The science of disease doesn’t bend to political talking points.
A virus will spread regardless of speeches, denials, or the suppression of
medical expertise. Ignoring vaccinations doesn’t erase the pathogen. It
empowers it.
- The
Environment — Climate change doesn’t pause while leaders debate its
existence. Ice melts, seas rise, and extreme weather intensifies, all
while denialists wave it away as a “coincidence.”
The Shock That Always Comes
The danger is not that reality will fade away. It is when it
finally breaks through the fantasy that it will do so in a catastrophic shock.
One day, the economy’s rot will become impossible to mask.
One day, the unchecked spread of disease will erupt into a public health
emergency that denial can’t contain.
One day, the environment will cross an irreversible threshold, and no speech,
law, or technology will be able to reverse it.
When that shock comes, it will not only shatter the
illusions carefully maintained by propaganda but also destroy the systems of
law, governance, and societal values built to protect us.
The Price of Living in a Lie
The tragedy is that much of this could be avoided if the
truth were faced early, before the damage became irreversible. But the
right-wing machinery thrives on capturing the public's innocence, ignorance,
and fears, locking them into a fantasy world where loyalty matters more than
facts and where political identity overrides reality.
In such a world, disaster doesn’t arrive suddenly. It is built
slowly and deliberately until it collapses under its weight, taking everyone
with it.
Reality always wins. The question is whether we will meet it
in time to shape it or wait until the shock leaves us no choice at all.
William James Spriggs
P.S. Make no mistake. The pseudo-intellectuals of the Heritage Foundation are just in it for the power and money.
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