We speak to flaming demagoguery and the emergence from its energies, the tableau of a cult that, by definition, seeks subscription and submission. We speak to the repetition of lies — malevolent lies, constructed lies, deliberate lies; blatant, unembarrassed lies. We speak to our imperilled freedoms, we speak to elected authority grabbing rights to turn authoritarian. But we speak to much else, for humankind has also progressed this far keeping hope and goodness and cheer forever kindled. We speak to achievement and to triumph; we speak to optimism and to dreams.

Source: The Telegraph November 08, 2023 13:01 UTC