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An Epstein files dump earlier this week revealed a picture of Noam Chomsky and Steve Bannon together chumming it up. Chomsky had his arm wrapped around Bannon and they seemed pretty jovial.
I'm struck by this. On one hand it's great that these guys can put aside their differences and shoot the shit. Listening to the other side is an important tool for converging on the actual truth. +1 open mindedness.
On the other hand what liars. Is politics actually just Kabuki theater to the elites?
I think there's a lot of this. I wonder if political views are to be worn and discarded for politicians like the latest season's fashion. I've seen all sorts of political opponents sitting down together in private moments. I think your average politician is just a shameless opportunist and doesn't believe most of the things they say.
It's almost as if having a political disagreement didn't mean you have to be mortal enemies. Clearly that cannot be...
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