Thread by @Timcast

Brilliant thread by Steak Umms but they got something incredibly wrong about societal collapse

They try to reach both sides of the umbrella factions in the culture war but its fruitless because trust and propaganda are totally irrelevant

And I'll explain below

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https://twitter.com/steak_umm/status/1420456647667879937

This is CIVIQS overall joe biden job approval

On the surface many people would assume it means theres a mixed bag of support and opposition

But its not really, its overt tribalism

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This is the same chart when only taking into account republicans

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This is the chart when only accounting for Democrats

So what does this mean in the greater context?

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Experts mean nothing, institutions mean nothing, media means nothing

If Biden coughs one side will say he is a poor man struggling with the stress of the presidency and the other will say he is obviously sickly and must be impeached

that or they might even just ignore it

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The news has a contradictory opinion for everything

This is a perfect example of why news and experts dont mean anything at all

People on "the right" know its pointless to even bother trusting the news at this point

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People on the left ignore the obvious discrepancies

People on the right are distrustful because of the non stop lies

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A different picture emerges among independents

Majority of whom disapprove of Biden's job

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Independents are mostly aligned with "the right" due to the overt lies and manipulation from media and political establishment

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Nothing will wake up a tribalist but it just so happens that "the right" has more truth on its side simply by being a bit more skeptical.

This means independents, centrists, and even center left individuals will find themselves aligned with "the right" more for now

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Nothing is going to make hardline partisans change their minds

The media is broken

The experts are liars

There is no shared reality or trust and there wont be

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