My guess is everyone is being played by the invisible hand that operates behind the scenes for the sake of self enrichment. Call it what you want - the thing JFK warned about.
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That’s true. We are all biased in our own ways. The only counter I can come up with is getting more information to cancel out the noise. 🐶🐾🫡
It’s tough. Part of me can hear the frustration of trying to deal like with a nation that has no consistency or trustworthiness (in his eyes, and according to him). Like, if a single person acted like the US supposedly did- you might call them bipolar… AND YET is this not somewhat how an amorphous blob of a free-ish democracy will naturally function? Is it a huge cultural divide between someone who feels a leader should set the clear direction and objectives of a nation and a nation that values the influence of the populace (however corrupt and mal incentivized)?