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Sheep: I'll admit the New York Times prints a lot of stupid stuff... Goat: ...Bret Stephens is still on the payroll! Sheep: ...But I can't go around doubting everything on the assumption everyone is lying. Goat: The fascists don't need you on board with their program... Sheep: Extreme skepticism doesn't make you smart. It makes you a tool. Goat: They just need you to stay out of their way.

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There was a lively discussion on Reddit under my most recent comic posted there regarding whether I was a dupe or a paid right-wing operative. While I'm perfectly capable of believing the New York Times got the story wrong -- or that it was a hit-piece pitched by a guy with a grudge or a real paid right-wing operative -- I'm afraid I can't join with the outer fringe of my fellow leftists in assuming any mainstream media outlet is bought and paid for by the same oligarchs trying to dismantle democracy. I mean, in a real sense a number of them are, but not all of them, and in any case none of these are really state media apparatuses; there are still people doing good work within many of them. We need to at least start out trusting something, even if that something is imperfect.

Because what fascists want is to flood the zone with so much shit that at some point you give up and decide it's all shit. Which is all they need. The Trump regime, the Republicans, the Neo-Nazis, they're not interested in convincing you of anything. They absolutely do not care what anyone believes. The noises they make are entirely intended to fill space while they enact their agenda. They're not here to debate. They're here to act while you debate.

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