Consequences of Feb 1 Tariffs?

Where are the goals of creating a more perfect union, establishing justice for all, and promoting the general welfare?

OK boomer. Your lofty ideals are too quaint and so last century and lost in today's world. Now we're ruled by rightwing media whose whole existence is predicated on spewing propaganda and gaslighting, wholesale lies and bullshit, constantly pushing emotional buttons that rewire the brains of its dimwitted audience. And it works spectacularly well - propaganda has become an exacting science. Add to that social media that thrives on clickbait ('Trump exciting, Biden boring. Go Trump!') and we're screwed. Unfortunately most people vote not on the basis of logic and reason but for emotional reasons. While not for a minute am I suggesting any government censorship. but as long as Fox and social media continue to vomit out their garbage - and there's a willing and gullible audience - then I see no way out of this mess.

I agree with you except on one point: the steady stream of right wing propaganda is indeed "so last century". The only difference is the vehicle used to deliver it.

Mussolini used it to great effect to propel his Fascist agenda in 1920s Italy. Hitler admired Mussolini's methods and adopted them into the 1930s Nazi propaganda machine. "Flooding the zone with bullshit" is not new.