>It's really frustrating to see once you grasp it - liberals lose their goddamn minds about the hypocrisy within the Republican Party and steadfastly refuse to acknowledge that populists deploy hypocrisy as a weapon against liberals

Your point hits me hard right now. Not sure if you're getting any coverage of it in the US, but down here we're about to hold a referendum on whether to alter the constitution to establish a Voice to Parliament for the First Peoples. The farrago of misinformation and dog whistling coming from regressives, though perhaps inevitable, has been enraging. Most perplexing is the sheer open fucking hypocrisy of the Opposition Leader, this guy, who since losing government has switched his party's position on the Voice from Yes to No; is publicly warning how bad Australia will look on the international stage if the majority of Australians vote No; claims the Prime Minister will be to blame if Australians vote No - all while actively participating in a campaign of bullshit and misdirection to sabotage the Yes campaign.

Heard and read a bit of Haidt. Hadn't heard of Wallerstein et al. Thank you for introducing me to them. I hope you're well up there.