You don’t remember his name, only the way his voice trembled when he said, “You won’t notice the line when it’s crossed. You’ll be too busy arguing about who to blame.” He spoke of outrage as entertainment, of truth becoming optional, of people choosing teams over reality. Back then, it felt theatrical, almost desperate.
Now his “theatrics” read like minutes from a meeting you never attended. You see the phrases he predicted: “unprecedented,” “deeply polarized,” “democracy at risk.” You hear his warning in every panel show, every viral clip, every friend you’ve quietly muted. And the worst part isn’t that he was right. It’s that he also said, “When you finally realize what’s happening, you’ll beg for someone to blame—anyone but the person in the mirror.”
