This isn’t equivalence (true of false) – it’s a meaningful comparison, based on the available evidence. It also doesn’t mean that Trump wouldn’t be a terrible President; it just means that Clinton will probably also be pretty awful.
Amusing, but simplistic and essentially wrong. Don’t get me wrong, I think that Darrin Bell’s work is outstanding, but he’s created a straw man, here.
The fact that people have an innate tendency to dislike that which is new, says nothing at all about whether or not our entertainment is or is not being degraded. The fact that our air, water, and land are all, in fact, being degraded might be seen as an indication that the present isn’t actually the same as the past.
This isn’t equivalence (true of false) – it’s a meaningful comparison, based on the available evidence. It also doesn’t mean that Trump wouldn’t be a terrible President; it just means that Clinton will probably also be pretty awful.