Ignorance

Joe Zeigler

08 Mar 2026 — 8 min read

Trump is destroying our access to information. Not by accident. Not as a side effect. As policy.

He is gutting the media—watch the Washington Post if you need a case study—and corroding the shared body of facts that once held this country together. He doesn’t just like uneducated people. That line gets repeated because it’s blunt and convenient. It’s also incomplete. Trump prefers ignorant people. Ignorance is quieter. Ignorance doesn’t ask follow-ups. Ignorance doesn’t notice when institutions are hollowed out and sold for parts.

Ignorance is governable.

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