There are two fundamental political systems and they exist in respect to how they attempt to assess truth. The first uses reason, the second uses power. People

There are two fundamental political systems and they exist in respect to how they attempt to assess truth. The first uses reason, the second uses power. People who believe in reason based truth look for contradictions. Do doctors take the same treatments they offer? Do doctors vaccinate their own kids? What did these doctors learn to do in college? When no or few contradictions are found, they are willing to offer trust. People who believe in power based truth look to their power structure. What does my priest or parent say? What does my news channel say? What do people who are loyal to the same people I'm loyal to say? When the messaging within their power structure, such as fox news, declares something they believe it without question, after all, they wouldn't be in their position of power without having earned it. Likewise there are peer social relationships likely to punish dissent. It's hard for people who believe in reason to communicate with people who believe in power because power is immune to reason. They don't care about their contradictions. While you are pointing out their contradictions, but not doing anything about it, you are dis-empowering yourself. There is truth in action, and in many ways reasoning is not action. Acting in a contradictory way, but experiencing no obvious consequences for doing so is itself empowering.