Flood the zone: The wreckage left behind

It is with incredulous blankness that I have watched the rapid unraveling of democracy.I am stunned, not just by the gullibility of the people, but by their acceptance of the distorted and the irrational, their unwillingness to take agency in recognizing, and acknowledging they’ve been misled.I took a step back, I sought to identify the cause. I found the culprit-the “flood the zone” strategy.Misinformation isn’t just noise, it’s a weapon. ‘Flood the zone’ is a deliberate strategy to drown the media in lies, misdirection, and attacks on American institutions. The result is a complicated morass of confusion and distrust, a psychological trap where facts lose meaning, institutions are discredited, and critical thinking collapses. The Trump administration is aggressively restructuring the government according to the Project 2025 blueprint. Central to this effort is the ‘flood the zone’ strategy, which has effectively pushed the false narrative that voters handed the president a sweeping mandate to overhaul government operations.But the numbers tell a different story. Trump won just 49.8 percent of the popular vote – a mandate requires at least 51 percent. Winning the Electoral College is not the same as earning broad public support.I wasn’t surprised by the outcome of the 2024...