(October 5, 2018 at 7:01 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: there's an even more basic problem at fault underneath all the complex power structures: Tribalism. It's the basic problem underlying everything and to shift it ALL to issues of power (which certainly does make everything worse) feels like entirely missing the point.This is for sure the most important point to be got from all this:
1) Tribalism is one of the most central instincts to the human species.
2) Countering tribalism with more tribalism cannot possibly result in the cessation of tribalism.
It's pretty obvious that American politics has descended from any real attempt at rationale to heels-dug-in partisanship. The Democrats and Republicans will no more give up any advantage to each other than would have the Americans and the Japanese in WWII.
I'm kind of feeling that only blood in the streets, and lots of it, is the only way that the deadlock will ever be resolved. But I'm hoping that open discourse will lead to an interest in proper debate and an amicable resolution. Whatever people think about Peterson, I think we can all agree that having smart guys like him and Sam Harris debate in front of stadiums is better than listening to fucking Trump shouting "Fake News" about obviously true news 24/7.
