re: The internet has essentially split reality

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Cliff’s?

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Same facts, two realities. Each side sees proof of its own story — justice vs. corruption, truth vs. power. The internet and media now trap us in self-reinforcing echo chambers. Outrage fuels the system, and the divide’s become psychological, not just political. The big question: can trust or shared reality ever be rebuilt, or is that idea already lost?

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I agree with you.

And the frustrating point is that there is really only one truth. The lie is what will cause the next civil war.

Relatively, Trump is making tremendous progress on draining the swamp (but it still won’t be enough).

Covid is either derived from a bat in Wuhan or escaped from a virology lab in Wuhan. it’s not a maybe thing. It either happened one way or the other.

The vaccines either stopped transmission or they didn’t. They didn’t but a gigantic portion of our society still to this day believes it does. There is a definitive answer.

WMD was either a fabricated lie that was a necessary means to and end or it wasn’t.

BLM was founded and perpetuated on a giant lie. There is no other way to interpret in actuality, but a GIANT portion of the country believes the lie and has acted accordingly.

It’s not just MY reality. There is reality and there is perception, and we should all always be seeking the truth.

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Go read Matt Taibbis books. All of them. He talks a lot about the post fact era, and was doing it back before Obama ever left office. This has been building and building since 9/11.

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The twitter files guy?

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All this being said, the Poli Board is just a sewer.

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Any “political” board would be, even more “moderate” ones.

Oh for sure, it's by far not the only one. Nor the worst one. There is just not a lot to gain from being on it. I do fall into it all the time. I have only myself to blame.

He was the top political guy at Rolling stone, covered MAGA 1.0 and trumps first election, then wrote a book about called Insane Clown President. He covered the politics and fraud of the financial crisis more honestly than anyone—wrote a great book called Griftopia.

Before those he wrote a book called The Great Derangment. Pre Obama, look into our efforts to bring democracy to the Middle East while going undercover at a right wing evangelical church. Was a regular on Democracy Now.

Guys background is solid. He’s one of the last bipartisanish muckrakers. I’m not surprised a MSNBC lapdog like you thinks he’s some MAGA fool over the Twitter files. Reality is he’s left of center but calls out the insanity on all fronts.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aUWobxRSQKQ

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The PT is on a predominantly Louisiana or southern based message board, with if I had to guess, mostly white Gen x or boomers. And some of y’all act surprised it’s MAGA

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FFS, what is y'alls hang-up with trying to make this about the pt? I've explained multiple times (starting in the op) that while the example used in the OP originated there, the purpose of posting it was to illustrate the [MUCH] larger topic of the internet's role in sorting Americans into opposing camps and then keeping them there through algorithmic hamster wheels and if a reverse is possible.

Yeah you right. It’s unsustainable.

The big picture is what what Art Bell described as ‘the quickening’

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It's funny how you're always "not talking about you, bro" or "I was just joking" every time I respond to you.

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Look at all the post regarding PT board, that was why I mentioned the makeup of it. And I said I also responded because of your graphic. I responded to you and others.