A Glimpse at America's Future?

LitHub published a speech Arundhati Roy on Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History which we Americans should take as a warning:

We are currently in that dangerous place where there is no set of facts or histories that we can agree upon, or even argue with. The narratives do not overlap or even intersect with each other. It’s myth versus history. The myth is backed by state machinery, corporate money, and countless 24/7 television news channels. Its reach and power is unmatchable. The world has been here before, and we know by now that when debate and argument end, a war of attrition begins.

She sets out a goal for India that ought to be our goal, too:

 All of us in the subcontinent have the choice of either working toward a shared notion of justice, toward exorcising the pain and hate that gnaws away at our collective memory, or enhancing it....

 

4/26/22