🤞Living In Multiple Americas - The Neal Ungerleider Newsletter
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I live in multiple Americas.
I work in advertising and PR, which skews Democratic but is disproportionately white, male, and well-off the further up you go. I live in a Chicago neighborhood where local politics are a constant clash between an activist-y new guard and the old machine system. When I turn on Facebook, I’m back in the outer borough NYC Italian/Jewish neighborhood where I grew that’s gone all in for Trump.
All of these Americas—and a few tens of thousands more—coexist at the same time. Sometimes easily, sometimes not so easily. And hey, there’s also a presidential election this week!
Your perspective isn’t your neighbor’s perspective. Your perspective isn’t your coworker’s or your relative’s perspective. They might genuinely believe those conspiracy theories you laugh at. Your facts might be their conspiracy theories. They might believe things in their heart they never told you. They might be hiding their opinions for the sake of fitting in. When noone’s looking, people fill…
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