Concluding ''not to give more credence than they deserve'' is wrong though. Taleb's tyranny of the intolerant minority: the organized, aggressive, intolerant minority gets its way in the long term over the tolerant majority. Hence the dominance in the academia, Silicon Valley etc
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Their danger is not to be underestimated. Every Marxist revolution starts with a small minority of zealots who the main group find crazy but useful. Much like Pelosi (unsuccessfully so far) trying to channel the energy of the ‘squad’ without being taken over by them.
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So the data shows that 5% of Americans are completely mad
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More and more this "radical left" thing seems like a well orchestrated destabilizing force meant to disrupt group coalesence.
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And 80% of Twitter
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Much smaller than the equivalent on the right.
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Not even close to true. Their equivalent on the right could fit in one football stadium. < 100k ppl If the right went nuts like the radical left, the country would be a war zone. They are few but far more lethal on a person by person basis.
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*according to an interpretation of a survey given by the American Enterprise Group
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Im not sure I trust the AEI to make this assessment.
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I can’t figure out if this is me or not, and I wonder how different it is than the ‘radical right?’ I consider myself progressive - but don’t really feel like I am part of any kind of well-organized group.
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