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Many of us seem ultimately satisfied by convincing ourselves that we have a superior grasp of reality. My paragraph above bears repeating:
"What seems to me to be "true, empirically" is the fact that human beings operate within fantastical structures known as "belief systems" and that political positions are maintained by some of the most dissonance-avoidant mechanisms known to man. IMO, to have an idea that one tribe does this more than another one is at best simply self-serving - especially for those who rightly comprehend the absence of anything resembling "objective reality."
IMO, to think otherwise of one's own views is self-delusion. Some of us do not hold to the objective existence of "facts." If I have anything of worth to contribute here, it is the position I stated in the paragraph above.
What this leaves us with is an awareness/acknowledgement that politics is about power. It is not about truth.
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