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boxed04/03/20251 replyview on HN

> Who will win the elections then? The forces whose supporters do talk politics with friends.

Well.. who go around reinforcing team allegiances, not people who talk politics. That's a pretty big distinction imo.


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nottorp04/03/2025

That's some US cultural thing, i think. Possibly because you only have two real political options.

If we're philosophising, the isolated suburb life style precludes having a friend group and forces humans - because they need to belong - into tribal allegiances towards larger groups: political, sports fans, some church, Rust, "AI"...

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