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Is America getting meaner?
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The Disastrous Consequences of Politics as a Substitute for Religion
Politics has become our religion in many ways, where people seek meaning and self-expression. This has been disastrous. Instead of practicing the politics of redistribution, we engage in the politics of recognition, where we seek to humiliate and affirm ourselves. Politics offers the illusion of morality, community, and moral action, but it is a failed form of social therapy. This is the result of individualistic ideology and the collision of neoliberalism with digital tools. It's a horror show.
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