[jazzlite]

When I go the the library, I can choose between fiction and nonfiction books. How I wish Americans would do the same regarding fairy tale news. Anyone who claims to be a prophet of what is going to happen in the future, especially someone who is NOT trained in science and history, is no more than a fortune teller or a spinner of stories for entertainment. AOC knows she is a celebrity more than a politician and she is doing and saying anything she can to get film and air time. It is working for her because our nation is now running on the noxious gas of ignorance, rather than wisdom. That is the real environmental danger we face.

[tomkat]

.. our nation is now running on the noxious gas of ignorance

Excellent phrasing !