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Based on the "holocaust is a myth" survey, it appears you your average Holocaust denier is a urban, black, zoomer, male who's a hard Left Democrat but thinks he's actually quite moderate.

"One of the great unfortunate revelations of the past several years is the extent to which even culturally pluralistic America is tribalistic. Crisis tends to exacerbate, not dampen, tribalism."

Sebastian Junger's book Tribe is very good if you haven't read it.

"I get the sense the preparedness you’re seeing on the Left today is a response to the possibility of Trump and the Right returning to power."

What happens if Trump actually wins? 2016 featured tens of thousands of people chanting "not my president" for weeks on end. Will 2020 feature an armed version of that? I fear these folks will convince themselves that they're fighting fascism by trying to overthrow democracy. That really does sound like an insurrection.

On Apollo 13, everyone always talked about the "failure is not an option" scene, but the "make a square peg fit into a round hole" is my personal favorite.

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