My media consumption tends center-left, but I occasionally binge on far-right and libertarian sources, and then I sort of end up in this Murky Middle, where each side sounded accurate and earnest, but internally conflicted and at odds with each other.
Which is probably the true state of things. Humans are incredibly complex.
It's an odd time, to be classically liberal.
Also, each side lies habitually, even when lying is pointless, and often without even noticing themselves that they are doing it.
It's not necessarily all intentional. I think there's a mental trap in assuming nothing is a conspiracy, and in assuming that everything is a conspiracy. There's probably mostly an organic tendency or trajectory within a group, with some targeted nudging, and everyone sort of automatically pays into it and tries to one-up each other, and it quickly gets ugly and crazy.
