The Elephant and the Writer

David Frum: The human capacity for self-delusion is immense. He says we rationalize how all the group beliefs are actually coming from this germ at the center of my political identity. In 2003, there was all these psychologists saying that conservatism is defined by fear. But then along comes the COVID-19 pandemic and it's entirely tribal because the left-wing tribe, tribe blue, said, hey, we've decided to be the really restrictive people on COVI. And in other countries, it was different, right? In Sweden, it was considered left-wing to be more lax. So it's entirely so.