In a lecture at the London School of Economics earlier this month in support of his book ‘Post-Truth: why we have reached peak bullshit and what we can do about it’, Evan Davis, the eminent British journalist, stated that never has there been more concern about dishonesty in public life and, that, inter alia, people are more susceptible to bullshit that reinforces commitment to their side. He recommended, rightly I believe, that the best way to avoid being sucked in by bullshit is to try to keep an open mind and interrogate the propagators so that eventually the truth will be exposed. It appears to me that given the nature of our society, the level of political bullshit that Guyanese have been fed over decades is so enormous that our political sides have become virtually solid and unmovable structures. However, political analysis is nothing if cannot suggest solutions by preventing bullshit from perennially baffling brains.
