Lura Forcum
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Yeah. It's really more like a tribe than it is.
Yeah. It's really more like a tribe than it is.
It's very tribal.
It's very tribal.
It's very tribal.
Yes, absolutely. And the other thing that comes from my research and some of the social psychology looking at human dynamics. So there's this work about in-groups and out-groups and out-groups over human history were like people you warred with. They were the other guys, the bad guys, right?
Yes, absolutely. And the other thing that comes from my research and some of the social psychology looking at human dynamics. So there's this work about in-groups and out-groups and out-groups over human history were like people you warred with. They were the other guys, the bad guys, right?
Yes, absolutely. And the other thing that comes from my research and some of the social psychology looking at human dynamics. So there's this work about in-groups and out-groups and out-groups over human history were like people you warred with. They were the other guys, the bad guys, right?
And the problem I think in American politics is that we've gotten to this in-group out-group dynamic where the other side is the out-group. It's okay to take from them. It's okay to harm them. They don't count. They're not us. That's not how I think anybody wants us to be treating fellow Americans, right?
And the problem I think in American politics is that we've gotten to this in-group out-group dynamic where the other side is the out-group. It's okay to take from them. It's okay to harm them. They don't count. They're not us. That's not how I think anybody wants us to be treating fellow Americans, right?
And the problem I think in American politics is that we've gotten to this in-group out-group dynamic where the other side is the out-group. It's okay to take from them. It's okay to harm them. They don't count. They're not us. That's not how I think anybody wants us to be treating fellow Americans, right?
We can have a politics that is about differing opinions, but at the end of the day, we're still citizens of the same country. These are not our enemies. We are not outgroups to one another.
We can have a politics that is about differing opinions, but at the end of the day, we're still citizens of the same country. These are not our enemies. We are not outgroups to one another.
We can have a politics that is about differing opinions, but at the end of the day, we're still citizens of the same country. These are not our enemies. We are not outgroups to one another.
Right.
Right.
Right.
So, I mean, this is absolutely what we are saying to people is that You don't need to vote for a third party to be an independent. You can be an independent and exercise your vote and vote for the candidates and the policies that you think are more successful.
So, I mean, this is absolutely what we are saying to people is that You don't need to vote for a third party to be an independent. You can be an independent and exercise your vote and vote for the candidates and the policies that you think are more successful.
So, I mean, this is absolutely what we are saying to people is that You don't need to vote for a third party to be an independent. You can be an independent and exercise your vote and vote for the candidates and the policies that you think are more successful.