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On Being with Krista Tippett

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How Do We Connect With Our Politics?

We've sorted ourselves into kind of ideological bunkers. And what's so crazy is how that kind of social demographic changing, tracks exactly with increasing rates of loneliness. I would argue that nine times out of ten, the only thing i have in common with the people behind those bunkers is that we all hate the same people. Having shared hatred of the same people or the same i call a common enemy intimacy riteatgd pras i our connection is just an intimacy created by hating the same people Is absolutely not sustainable. It's counterfeit connection. So this first practice of true belonging is, you know, people are hard to hate. Close up. Remind yourself of that spiritual belief of

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