Thursday 4 February 2021

'Czar' for Reality?

 This came up yesterday and it's been on my mind.

The NY Times came out with a piece and suggested that President Biden needed to hire up some guy/gal....to be a 'Czar' (remember the term, they were highly paid folks in the Obama administration who were there to be experts)...for reality.

Yes....someone to emphasize 'reality' in branding the Biden message and theme.

In simple terms, they are supposed to prevent misinformation or fake news.

If you opened up the book, '1984' (Orwell's masterpiece), then you'd center on the 'Ministry of Truth', and this effort here (if Biden did this) would be the start of a ministry for the government.

If you'd gone to President Johnson or Eisenhower....they'd both be laughing on the floor at the mere suggestion of hiring up a guy to be an expert on reality.  But that's where we are today.  

Odds of this hiring occurring?  This year?  Probably less than 10-percent odds....but into 2022?  It's probably a 50-50 'bet'. 

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