I think this resonates with @Aelkus thread from earlier in the day. People really undervalue how much the funhouse mirrors distort perception. Outside looking in, people see obvious grift or projection. But, inside looking out...it can be Kaufman-esque.
https://twitter.com/Aelkus/status/1108002878730526720 …
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But it's desperately hard to maintain both of them at once, let alone more rigorous thinking. Crushed by a multiplicity of actors far beyond our cognitive capacity, out-group censure becomes chronically activated, and we forget the tools more directly useful to "us."
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This is mostly self criticism at this point, but I'm far more likely to shit on someone like Shapiro than a leftist edgelord right now. Partially, it's conscious alliance management. But, also I'm so tuned to the in-power American right that my perception is narrowing a lot.
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