The Ideological War Over Who Controls the Narrative
You see it constantly. Netflix drops a film engineered for a liberal audience. Prime Video releases one tailored for conservatives. It doesn’t matter if it’s a streaming platform, a movie studio, or a social network—the pattern is the same. Once you accept their framing, you’re operating inside their version of reality.
The same dynamic plays out in law. You have Federalist Society lawyers, conservative originalists, and progressive legal scholars, each pushing their preferred interpretation as the only legitimate one. One recent example that made me think “here we go again” was the House drafting impeachment articles the moment it gained a majority after the midterms. You’ve seen this cycle before. It happens under every administration, regardless of which party holds power.
It’s exhausting. This is the same ideological contest that has been running since the founding of the United States, and none of it is surprising anymore. I’m simply tired of watching it play out every day with no progress.