1/ Politics is a search for rules. People disagree as to which rules are good and which rules are bad. Identity structures those judgement via experiences. Experiences are inherently subjective and conditioned by identity.
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2/ Politics is a search for rules wherein individuals rely upon group identity as a heuristic to reduce complexity while *rationalizing* their positions.
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3/ Norms informally enforce rules. Codified laws formally enforce rules. When these mechanisms enforce different rules, there is political failure. You are here: living through a major failure.
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@GOP drives this failure. The party exploits an obsolete electoral system to capture the system of legal enforcement. Superficially, it appears democratic. It's not.1 reply 0 retweets 1 likeShow this thread -
5/ The
@GOP uses the captured legal system to enforce the interests of an aristocratic minority at the expense of a majority. Society increasingly relies upon norms to sanction the@GOP and their actions.1 reply 0 retweets 1 likeShow this thread -
6/ The majority oppose the
@GOP's enforced rules. But, the identity heuristic becomes pathological. Groups separated by beliefs emerge -- political factions.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likesShow this thread
7/ Two outcomes are inevitable: 1) The GOP relies upon increasingly anti-democratic means of power accumulation. 2) The perception of governmental legitimacy collapses. Both are happening now. You are here.
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You don't want to be here. You don't have to be here. You shouldn't be here. Fuck the
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