The United States is no longer divided merely by politics or class or geography. It is divided by reality itself.

What once separated Americans were interpretations of fact. Now they cannot even agree on what a fact is. From the halls of Congress to family text threads, the nation lives inside parallel worlds of information, each with its own heroes, villains, and alternate truths.

The result is a civic culture unable to govern itself because it cannot share a common foundation of reality. That fracture has become the defining condition of American life.

Polls from Pew and Gallup show trust in government, media, and even science at record lows. Disinformation spreads faster than legislation. The reflexive instinct now is not to understand but to accuse, not to verify but to win. Truth h

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