The End Game of Tribalism

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Sally Kohn: What we're doing now, it looks a whole lot like a lot of things we've done before. This descent into kind of primitive behavior, tribalism in group, out group,. You know, believing lies if they fit with our movement. She says people's brains are being broken here specifically in the United States and then trust in organizations or just trust in general. "I see the same overarching trend that I think gives rise to woke mobs and book mob behavior"

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