Arendt on totalitarian followers: They show "cynical or bored indifference in the face of death or other personal catastrophes" & turn to a "passionate inclination toward the most abstract notions as guides for life."
Pandemic vs. cancel culture. Perfect.
https://buzzmachine.com/2020/10/28/the-roots-of-totalitarianism-trump-to-a-new-journalism/ https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1360977394002235395

Journalism's response to the totalitarian tendency to claim the agenda for abstract notions should always be to return to real-life concerns: If it does not affect health & well-being of citizens & their families & communities it is a propagandistic feint.

So when the far-right talks cancel culture, journalism should report jobs. When they talk guns we should report on the pandemic. When they talk abortion we should report on schools.