I think I understand it from @slatestarcodex’s point of view.(1) First, just like a Republican, he was being loyal to his tribe. Except that tribe was center-left Bay Area EAs, as opposed to center-right DC tech MAGAs. These tribes actually have many shared friends, but neither really represents “America” — which doesn’t exist anymore as a unified nation, except in the heads of Republicans, which is in part what all the anger is about.(2) Second, just like a Republican, Scott was angry at a betrayal. But no ...

Everyone invoking principles needs to understand it’s all tribal.Democrats were for pushing Starlink to help with Biden’s military, but against pushing Anthropic to help with Trump’s military.Anthropic is for copying data when it trains their models, and against when it comes to Chinese distillation attacks on their models.Republicans were against state power when Democrats were using it to make everything woke, and for state power when Republicans are using it for MAGA.I mean, duh! This is all completely r ...

RED, GRAY, AND BLUEThe biggest mistake most commentators make today is talking about "the United States of America" as if it still exists as a unitary entity. In reality, it's the Disunited Tribes of North America.Different American tribes now have their own preferred influencers, foreign policies, genders, companies, counties, and even currencies. The only thing they don't yet fully have are their own countries. But the mass migration is already here between blue states and red, and the digital secession i ...

The most intelligent dog will still not use a toilet.Not because it’s dumb or wicked but because it is limited.Dogs will shit on the floor unless you consistently take them outside.Low functioning people are limited.They must be told what to think and what to be outraged about. No amount of facts or explanation can affect them.This is why they lose their minds over simple things like racism or sexism.It’s easy to understand.That is their brain working at maximum capacity.Greater evils like money printing, r ...

RT Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre)With all respect, noThe truth is that tribalism and inter-group competition still dominates politicsLiberalisms seeks to universalize and abstract the conflict, hoping to deny the essence of the political by turning everything into a “battle of ideologies”Clashes of civilizations become clashes of ideology, and once one ideology has won the contest of rational discourse we return to the “end of history” where politics disappears and the only disagreements are about how to ...

RT Hugh Anthony (@TheHughAnthony)The Rape gangs show tribalism in full swing. It was not just one or two sick individuals, it was entire families and communities.Working together, covering up each other’s crimes, protecting each other.Every single one must go, and justice for the victims must be served. ...

Crypto doesn’t have a tech problem. It has a tribalism problem.@EmanAbio lays out why infighting is crypto’s real enemy and why we need to compete without turning it into combat.On Sui, we’re focused on growing the pie, not winning X debates.Read on @Fin_Revolution 👇https://t.co/1ePzbbwN8i ...

Politics is tribal, rather than logicalElon Musk https://t.co/XGUW1MEix3 ...

RT William Wolfe 🇺🇸 (@William_E_Wolfe)The Left understands this and is intentionally trying to take America to and past this point.The Right (and particularly Christians) fail to understand that the “liberal values” they so cherish really only worked in a homogenous America.The faster we barrel towards a majority-minority country, the worse tribalism becomes. It is inevitable. ...

[Music] [Music] Two years ago, I lived in Palestine. My apartment was here in Hebrron, a conservative, mostly Muslim city in the heart of the West Bank. As you can probably tell by looking at me, I didn't exactly blend in.Luckily, Palestinians by and large are a warm, hospitable people, contrary to the stereotypes perpetuated online. In other words, I was welcomed with open arms. Fridays are reserved for prayer in Islam.So while the pious people of Hebron were busy with their divine duties each Friday, I'd ...