Post-Truth Politics is a culture in which the distinction between Truth and falsity - as well as honesty and lying - have become a focal part of public discourse.
The term Post-Truth Politics first surfaced in a 1992 essay in The Nation. Oxford Dictionaries declared the that it's international word of the year in 2016 was "post-truth."
A book written in 2004 by Ralph Keyes used the term "post-truth era" in his book by that title. His thesis was deception is becoming more prevalent in the current media-driven world. I recommend checking his book out to get a more detailed description of the term.
Scholars believe author Colin Crouch's 2004 book "Coping with Democracy" coined the term "Post-Democracy"
As can be seen above there's various names for what's happening to our democracy. They all end up concluding that the lies and conspiracies are rattling the republic.
A Post Truth Society has been defined as one in which "objective facts" are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal beliefs.
Those Post Truth politics have been diagnosed as harmful to both knowledge and democracy.
Right-wing extremists depend on reshaping reality into their version of a perfect (authoritarian) society.
As it stands, our biggest defense is telling the truth and not buying into conspiracies that threaten our freedoms.
