Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“Red Tribe drives a pickup truck, SUV or sports car, Blue Tribe drives an EV or at least a hybrid, probably a Prius. A cybertruck, both EV and pickup truck, codes Red. Red Tribe owns guns. Blue Tribe doesn’t own guns, thinks that people who do are being stupid. Blue Tribe owns sailboats, Red Tribe power boats. … Blue Tribe believe that they are moral relativists, take seriously the ‘you shouldn’t stop the Eskimo from putting his grandfather on an ice floe to die because in his moral system that is not wicked’ argument. Like almost all humans they are actually moral realists, take it for granted that their moral beliefs are true, including the belief that you shouldn’t …. Red Tribe are also moral realists but it never occurs to them that they shouldn’t be.” (10/24/25)