The West Wing and the Death of Belief

I really enjoyed Matt Yglesias's take on The West Wing, and in particular on how it's a fair bit more realistic than it often gets credit for: https://www.slowboring.com/p/in-defense-of-the-west-wing

Sorkin on US exceptionalism https://youtu.be/fJh9t9h6Wn0?si=-p6XAyAIipyDJO5s

I guess it’s probably clear to reasonable people but the implicit context to this whole article is “…in America.” Not that these problems don’t exist elsewhere. I definitely sense similar threats in Canada. But compared to America it’s day and night… for now.

My one hope is that by lagging behind America’s decline, maybe we’ll witness the consequences of this path and manage to turn away from it in time.