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RE: LeoThread 2025-08-16 03:50

in LeoFinance2 months ago

back, I think there are these huge challenges. And how do we face them if we don't have a common identity? We talked about this with Jonathan Haidt. Common identity politics is something that we need. Identity politics, social justice, these ideas are not helping the country. They're not helpful. I mean, maybe there are certain aspects of them that there is signal that says, hey, something's wrong here. We need to address it. I'm not disputing that. I'm not disputing it at all. Just that the way that we indulge the tribalism is not just bad. I find it so distasteful. But in any case, the point I was making, I think, was that Reagan, the Reagan revolution and the Obama wave, I think even Barack Obama will tell you that he took a lot from Ronald Reagan. I remember him talking about that in 2008. And that's why I found his campaign appealing. But so I got pulled off there on the 80s. But the comparison I was originally trying to make was between the 70s and the 90s. And it's remarkable. I (10/32)