This is a badly reasoned and well articulated piece that seeks a presupposed conclusion. This becomes painfully obviously when he realizes that the “blue tribe”

This is a badly reasoned and well articulated piece that seeks a presupposed conclusion. This becomes painfully obviously when he realizes that the “blue tribe” he defines is actually engaged in a massive quantity of self-critical behavior, and then twists himself around to try to make it fit into his system. It’s far more likely that this indicates a flawed hypothesis, or at least highly incomplete and naive theory.