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In light of recent European elections my blood runs cold remembering when Trump opened all those death camps for minorities even as my heart sings that Obama didn't build a border wall with Mexico
It's trivially not-news that
Emotions are contagious
Epistemic bubbles are comforting
Updating your beliefs requires more effort than maintaining them
Groupishness turns you into a clone but the acceptance is nice
Totalising worldviews require the ignoring of a lot of shit that goes on on your own side
The more you know, the harder…
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