Political Philosophies vs. Belief Systems

Great job, Seth Silverton.

This goes back to what philosophers call the “coherence theory of truth.”  Everything fits together nicely, but in many cases, it’s all crap. E.g., you may believe:

In America today, we have a completely corrupt justice system that operates according to the whims of the radical left and the Deep State, and is hell-bent in opening our borders, ruining our economy, taking away our guns, weakening our military, supporting quack science like the climate change hoax and vaccinations, giving handouts to lazy people, removing our freedoms, blaming our problems on white people, and destroying our nation with socialism and anti-family values.

Then, if you watch Fox News, this belief system is heavily re-enforced by men with neckties who appear credible.

Without this belief system, Donald Trump would have been just another white collar criminal.