The persistence of populist political narratives as a function of transmissibility explains how and why verifiable truth becomes secondary in public debate.
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The persistence of populist political narratives as a function of transmissibility explains how and why verifiable truth becomes secondary in public debate.
Every age reaches for old stories to explain new realities. The irony is that most stories survive not because (or even if) they are true, but because they are easy to transmit, to remember, to tell.