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Comment by nottorp

7 days ago

If you don't talk politics with friends, who are you going to talk to about that?

Probably nobody.

Who will win the elections then? The forces whose supporters do talk politics with friends.

> Who will win the elections then? The forces whose supporters do talk politics with friends.

Well.. who go around reinforcing team allegiances, not people who talk politics. That's a pretty big distinction imo.

  • That's some US cultural thing, i think. Possibly because you only have two real political options.

    If we're philosophising, the isolated suburb life style precludes having a friend group and forces humans - because they need to belong - into tribal allegiances towards larger groups: political, sports fans, some church, Rust, "AI"...

    • It's a human thing. In Rome it was chariot teams. Suburbia isn't to blame.