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kubb | on: Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
The trick is inside or brains. We’re having trouble dealing with detailed percentage breakdowns and differentiating between groups of people.

Instead we think of “the average person” and project that on everyone.

You looked at the small libertarian interest group, and based on that projected how everyone is. Now you look at hacker news and you’re projecting how everyone is. This projection is where our reasoning fails.

gitaarik | parent
Yeah but to be honest, most mainstream media channels that I see criticize Trump a lot. And the media that praises him is often seen als radical / extreme / whatever right.

So, either the old government is in power of the mainstream media, or people are secretly on the right and don't speak out about it. Or maybe a combination of the two.

kubb | root | parent
It’s the selection of media that you see. Try watching Fox. Try listening to Joe Rogan. Try going on a clean YouTube account and watching random videos for a week. It’s there.

You made a false dichotomy, but I’m sure you can figure that one on your own.

There’s also the other aspect where you align your views to the views of your group.

There are places in the US, where being a Republican is absolutely the core of what you are, and you will adopt and genuinely love any candidate from that party.