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Actually, they didn't get half the votes. And the tribalism that's rampant in our politics today means that many voters are making choices based on lies and mis
by ryanwaggoner 9y ago
Actually, they didn't get half the votes. And the tribalism that's rampant in our politics today means that many voters are making choices based on lies and misinformation.
- rdruxn 9y agoBut good thing you know for certain you’re above all that!
- ryanwaggoner 9y agoI'm not above falling victim to bad sources, confirmation bias, or other foibles of human knowledge, but I try to be aware of that and guard against it. Not perfectly, I'm sure, but that imperfection doesn't mean that we all have an equal grounding in the truth. This downward spiral into a crisis of epistemology ("who can really know anything for sure? there are so many lies out there! there is no way to discern truth!") is a fundamental strategy of authoritarian regimes (Russia), and it's being put to good use in this country. EDIT: typo
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoI think it's a fundamental strategy of Russia to try to do that to us. I think they're being fairly effective, too. Note well: I am not saying that this is all Russia's fault. But I think that there is evidence that they're trying to do exactly this to us.