๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€ฆ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐”๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ.

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜? In this 43-second clip, Wilk breaks down how misperceptions โ€” the false stories we tell about โ€œthe other sideโ€ โ€” drive us to justify choosing candidates who fight dirty, escalate hostility, and reflect our worst fears rather than our best values. When we believe our fellow Americans are stupid, evil, or dangerous, we pick the loudest fighterโ€ฆ not the most principled leader. And in the process, we compromise who we are. This is how polarization becomes a self-feeding cycle. ๐ŸŽง Listen to the full conversation in ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ฌ๐’‘๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’…๐’† 292 for more on misperceptions, the perception gap, and rebuilding trust. #Polarization #Leadership #PoliticalDivision #DerateTheHate #Misperceptions #PerceptionGap Please follow ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’…๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’• on: X: https://twitter.com/DerateTheHate Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DerateTheHate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/derate_the_hate ๐‘พ๐’†๐’๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ท๐’๐’…๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’•! www.DerateTheHate.com *๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘˜, โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  &/๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž.

Comments & Upvotes

Also watch