"Even if most Americans haven’t abandoned their private sense of #empathy, many don’t seem terribly bothered by the rancidness of their #leaders #trump #maga #congress# GOP. I confess that this indifference astonishes me. It might be the ugliest effect of Trump’s return—the rapid #normalization of spectacular #corruption, the desensitization to #lawless #power, the acceptance of #moral collapse. George Packer The Atlantic (Gift Article): No One Can Offer Any Hope. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/trump-vance-empathy-afghanistan-refugees/683032/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pBfvsfmddss2eIwaGB631Uw