recognize both sides of the feedback loop before we can fix it because it s compounded by a core political labels today. namely, this. the far right today is not conservative and the far left is not liberal. think about it. conservatives often trace their roots back to edmond burke, an 18th century british statesman w criticized the french revolution. so there is literally nothing less conservative than the trump s mobs attack on our capitol and the constitution s peaceful transfer of power. embracing a lie to attack the foundations of our democracy is the opposite of reason and patriotism. on the far left, there is a perception that a rising generation of radical activists sees america primary through a lens of group identity politics pursuing the goals of social justice with a cancel-culture fervor that condemns even reason dissent. this fixation on our differences, rather than our