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A Brief History of Demoralization
Demoralization isn’t despair. It’s worse.
Despair is emotional. Demoralization is structural. It’s what happens when people stop believing that effort matters, that institutions can work, that truth can be defended, or that resistance is worth the cost.
You don’t need tanks in the streets to achieve it. You only need time, pressure, and the gradual erosion of belief.
Which is why the ongoing diminishment of the Washington Post matters far more than it looks on the surface.
CEO Will Lewis stepping down, a recent and possibly fatal round of layoffs, shrinking coverage, and the quiet retreat…
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