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TheProle

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2. It's insidious in its own right
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:52 AM
Jun 2025

A festering mistrust and distrust that eats away at the broader culture and reinforces a paranoid and hostile political tribalism.

Do you shop at Walmart or CostCo?
Do you post on X or Bluesky?
Do you wear a mask for health reasons?
What car do you drive?
What musicians do you listen to?
Are you for AI or agin' it?

Between dunking on the opposition and signalling our own virtues, a lot of Americans are fighting a civil war in their minds every day.

And, no doubt, enemies and trolls will seek to drive those wedges deeper into our communities.

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